@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",
}