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- 2016-02-03 16:28:32 Narrowband UVB and cream psoralen-UVA combination therapy for plaque-type psoriasis
BACKGROUND:
Psoralen-UVA (PUVA) and narrowband UVB (311-nm) therapy are considered to be first-line phototherapies for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. To reduce side effects as a result...
VIEW - 2016-02-03 16:28:08 UV phototherapy with UVB narrowband, UVA/UVBnb, and UVA1 differentially impacts serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3
BACKGROUND:
Ultraviolet (UV) B radiation increases serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 [25(OH)D], but the influence of UVA1 and UVA/narrowband UVB (UVBnb) phototherapy on serum vitamin D is unknown...
VIEW - 2016-02-02 10:35:08 Topical calcipotriol combined with UV phototherapy for psoriasis
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Calcipotrial has a well-documented effect in the treatment of psoriasis.
OBJECTIVE:
To confirm the beneficial effect of the combination of calcipotriol and UVB and to ...
VIEW - 2016-02-02 10:34:29 Combination TL01 UVB phototherapy and topical calcipotriol for psoriasis: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial
BACKGROUND:
Previous studies have demonstrated the ultraviolet (UV)-sparing effect of combining topical calcipotriol with broadband UVB in the treatment of psoriasis.
OBJECTIVES:
To determine...
VIEW - 2016-02-01 10:14:04 UV phototherapy treatment duration was restricted to less than one year
The 2009 British guidelines for vitiligo management suggest that treatment regimens for patients with skin types I to III should not exceed 200 treatments with NB-UVB or 150 treatments with PUVA. T...
VIEW - 2016-02-01 10:13:40 General management of vitiligo showed that the most commonly used uv phototherapy was NB-UVB
Our recently published study concerning the general management of vitiligo showed that the most commonly used phototherapy was NB-UVB. NB-UVB was used to treat generalized vitiligo in 36% of childr...
VIEW - 2016-01-30 9:16:13 To determine the effectiveness and safety of UVB phototherapy for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis
Executive Summary Objective The purpose of this evidence based analysis was to determine the effectiveness and safety of ultraviolet phototherapy for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Research Ques...
VIEW - 2016-01-30 9:15:47 The importance of coherence in UV phototherapy
The importance of coherence in phototherapy has been questioned over the last two decades, with the arguments largely being based on; 1) Lasers are just convenient machines that produce radiation, 2) ...
VIEW - 2016-01-29 8:55:14 UV phototherapy promotes healing of cutaneous wounds in undernourished rates
BACKGROUND Various studies have shown that phototherapy promotes the healing of cutaneous wounds. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of phototherapy on healing of cutaneous wounds in nourished and un...
VIEW - 2016-01-29 8:54:49 Importance of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 expression in skin and its induction by UVB phototherapy in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 is the sole enzyme that can metabolize bilirubin. Human infants physiologically develop hyperbilirubinemia as the result of inadequate expression of UGT1A1 in the...
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