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- 2015-05-28 9:35:10 Xenon chloride UVB phototherapy laser is more effective in treating psoriasis and in inducing T cell apoptosis than narrow-band ultraviolet B
Earlier we reported that a 308-nm xenon chloride (XeCl) UVB laser is highly effective for treating psoriasis. As ultraviolet B light seems to cause T cell apoptosis, in the present study we studied th...
VIEW - 2015-05-28 9:31:56 UV Phototherapy : photobiological aspects and therapeutical developments
Several therapeutical modalities are nowadays used in photodermatology. In this thesis several new developments, like narrow band UVB, highdose visible light, are compared with regard to aspects of ph...
VIEW - 2015-05-27 9:09:13 Broad-band UVB or psoralen-UVA phototherapy for psoriasis
BACKGROUND:
The most commonly used types of phototherapy for treating psoriasis are narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB); broad-band ultraviolet B (BB-UVB), which includes selective (deliver...
VIEW - 2015-05-26 10:09:25 Good practice guideline and recommendations of the French Society of UV phototherapy
BACKGROUND:
Phototherapy, PUVA therapy and narrow-band UVB are recognised forms of first-line therapy for extensive and severe plaque psoriasis. Based on a systematic review of the medical...
VIEW - 2015-05-26 10:01:53 Systematic review of UV-based phototherapy for psoriasis
BACKGROUND:
UV-based therapies, which include narrow-band (NB) UVB, broad-band (BB) UVB, and psoralen and UVA (PUVA), are well known treatment options for moderate to severe plaque psorias...
VIEW - 2015-05-26 9:56:59 The evolution of photochemotherapy with psoralens and UVA (PUVA) as well as UV phototherapy: 2000 BC to 1992 AD
The therapeutic uses of naturally occurring psoralens in modern-day medicine (8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP), 5-methoxypsoralen (5-MOP), 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen, and a few other synthetic psoralens) have ...
VIEW - 2015-05-22 9:52:29 UV Phototherapy is used by a large number of dermatologists for all types of vitiligo
To the best of our knowledge, none of the published studies has demonstrated an increase in skin cancer risk with UVB phototherapy for psoriasis. Based on the data that are currently available, eve...
VIEW - 2015-05-21 9:39:20 UV Phototherapy is a well-established treatment for vitiligo
Several variations exist in the approaches to and practice of phototherapy for vitiligo, including the types of phototherapy used for different types of vitiligo, dosage schedules, photoprotection,...
VIEW - 2015-05-21 9:31:50 The most common treatment frequency for all forms of uv phototherapy was three times per week
Dosage of phototherapy Sixty-eight percent of dermatologists gave a fixed starting dose of NB-UVB to all patients, whereas 31% based the starting dose on the UVB-determined minimal erythema dose (MED...
VIEW - 2015-05-21 9:27:14 NB-UVB phototherapy is the most commonly used light modality for vitiligo
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was distributed to all participants at a national general dermatology conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 9-13, 2008. Participants were ge...
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