PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Puva for psoriasis and other skin diseases AID - 10.1136/dtb.18.1.1 DP - 1980 Jan 04 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 1--3 VI - 18 IP - 1 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/18/1/1.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/18/1/1.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1980 Jan 04; 18 AB - Most patients with psoriasis can be treated safely and effectively with dithranol, tar and sensible use of topical corticosteroids.1 Some, however, are not helped by topical therapy and in others the psoriasis relapses very quickly. Systemic cytotoxic drugs or antimetabolites are used for some severe forms of psoriasis, but are potentially hazardous.