CHART 2.

Phototherapy modalities and their effects during pregnancy

Medication	Adverse events in pregnancy	Adverse events in animals	Conclusion
Phototherapy
Topical PUVA	No available data	No available data	Probably safe, however without enough data
Systemic PUVA	Increased risk of low birth weight after phototherapy with methoxsalen in the mother Prematurity, fetal abnormalities	Increased fetal death rates, growth retardation, enlargement of cerebral ventricles, skeletal abnormalities	Contraindicated
UVB	Case report with living birth without alterations	No available data	Apparently safe