Is trimethylpsoralen bath PUVA a remittive treatment for psoriasis vulgaris . Evidence that epidermal immunocytes are direct therapeutic targets?
Treatment with TMP bath PUVA was effective in treating moderate to severe psoriasis, even in darker pigmented individuals. It is likely that this treatment ameliorates psoriasis through direct effects on activated leukocytes in lesional skin.
APRI, APGA and GUCI tests may be helpful in prediction of necroinflammatory scores in the liver.