Treatment of vitiligo vulgaris with narrow-band UVB and oral Polypodium leucotomos extract: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study.
- 2007-04-18
- RCT
- Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV 21(7)
- M A Middelkamp-Hup
- J D Bos
- F Rius-Diaz
- S Gonzalez
- W Westerhof
- PubMed: 17659004
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02132.x
- High evidence
- Clinical
Patients attending more than 80% of required NB-UVB sessions showed increased repigmentation in the head and neck area in the P. leucotomos group vs. placebo (50% vs. 19%, P < 0.002)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Large
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 250 mg three times daily