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- 2015-05-15 9:46:38 Decreased risk of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer in patients with vitiligo: a survey among 1307 patients and their partners
Background Vitiligo is a common skin disease characterized by autoimmune melanocyte destruction. Recent genetic studies suggest a lower susceptibility to melanoma in patients with vitiligo; h...
VIEW - 2015-05-15 9:40:57 A Good Way for vitiligo--uvb light phototherapy
Treatment
There is no cure for vitiligo but several treatment options are available.The best evidence is for applied steroids and the combination of ultraviolet light in combination with cr...
VIEW - 2015-05-15 9:21:19 Treatment for patients with vitiligo--UV phototherapy
Classification Classification attempts to quantify vitiligo have been analyzed as being somewhat inconsistent, while recent consensus have agreed to a system of segmental vitiligo (SV) and non-segmen...
VIEW - 2015-05-14 10:40:53 Efficacy of localized uv phototherapy and photodynamic therapy for psoriasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Localized phototherapy including topical psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) and targeted ultraviolet B (UVB), and photodynamic therapy (PDT) have been increasingly used in the treatment of localized p...
VIEW - 2015-05-14 9:42:01 No additional effect of calcipotriol ointment on low-dose narrow-band UVB phototherapy in psoriasis
Abstract BACKGROUND: Broad-band UVB phototherapy has appeared to be effective in clearing psoriatic lesions. After the advent of calcipotriol ointment, promising results have been obtained by combin...
VIEW - 2015-05-14 9:36:15 The safety of UVB phototherapy in patients with HIV infection
Background: In patients with psoriasis and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, therapeutic options may be limited by their potential immunosuppressive effects. UVB radiation can ...
VIEW - 2015-05-14 9:23:52 Methotrexate plus narrowband UVB phototherapy versus narrowband UVB phototherapy alone in the treatment of plaque-type psoriasis: a randomized, placebo-controlled study
BACKGROUND:
Combining phototherapy with topical and oral agents allows clinicians to treat recalcitrant psoriasis with reduced number of treatments and cumulative UV exposures.
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VIEW - 2015-05-14 9:19:32 A randomized controlled study of low-dose UVA1, medium-dose UVA1, and narrowband UVB phototherapy in the treatment of localized scleroderma
BACKGROUND:
In previous trials, UV therapy has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of localized scleroderma (LS). To date, a randomized comparison study to evaluate the effi...
VIEW - 2015-05-13 9:46:39 UVB Phototherapy Conception
UVB phototherapy refers to irradiation with short wave ultraviolet radiation. To treat the whole body, the patient, undressed, stands in a specially designed cabinet containing fluorescent light ...
VIEW- 2015-05-13 9:42:47 Where does the UVB light exist?
Sunlight
Although both UVB and ultraviolet light A (UVA) are found in sunlight, UVB works best for psoriasis. UVB from the sun works the same way as UVB in phototherapy treatments.
- 2015-05-13 9:42:47 Where does the UVB light exist?