Persistent skin pain after PUVA therapy may be associated with localized impairment of axon reflex flare.
May associate localized axon reflex impairment with persistent post-PUVA pain; hypothesis-generating case report requiring confirmation.
Skin pain after PUVA therapy is a rare, but disabling disorder of unknown aetiology. We describe a patient with skin pain persisting for 12 months after PUVA therapy in whom impairment of axon reflex flare in affected, but not adjacent unaffected sites was demonstrated.
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