Pilot study of folate status in healthy volunteers and in patients with psoriasis before and after UV exposure

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Juzeniene Asta, A ^a   Stokke, Kjell Torgeir ^b   Thune, Per ^c   Moan, Johan ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

^c Aleris ^*  (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Folate; Psoriasis; Ultraviolet radiation; UVB phototherapy

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77956523353     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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