@article{eb1ebc660ce64346b27c5d64a862efd8,
title = "Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma",
abstract = "A child was treated from age 18 months to 8 years with oral methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA) for refractory psoriasis. Two basal cell cancers developed before age 21 years, suggesting that exposure to PUVA in childhood increases the risk of basal cell cancer.",
author = "Stern, {R. S.} and Nichols, {K. T.} and E. Bauer and J. Koo and Epstein, {J. H.} and J. Wolf and Nigra, {T. P.} and J. Voorhees and Anderson, {T. F.} and J. Prystowsky and S. Muller and M. McEvoy and Taylor, {J. R.} and N. Zaias and F. Urbach and Arndt, {K. A.} and Baughman, {R. D.} and Braverman, {I. M.} and J. Murray and V. Werth and A. Sober",
note = "Funding Information: Supported in part by the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, contract NO1-AR-4-2214. ",
year = "1996",
doi = "10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70039-2",
language = "English",
volume = "129",
pages = "915--917",
journal = "Journal of Pediatrics",
issn = "0022-3476",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "6",
}