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- 2015-04-28 16:29:44 Combining PUVA or UVB phototherapy with topical and systemic agents can also enhance phototherapy
This chapter will discuss the entire spectrum of phototherapy, including narrowband UVB photo-therapy, broadband UVB phototherapy, PUVA, targeted excimer laser phototherapy, and combination treatments...
VIEW - 2015-04-28 16:28:55 As retinoids exert an anticarcinogenic effect, the ReUVB regimen could lower skin cancer risk resulting from longterm UVB therapy.
Retinoids are the most widely used agents for systemic treatment of psoriasis; as structural and functional analogs of vitamin A, they are involved in the regulation of several biologic functions. Aci...
VIEW - 2015-04-28 16:28:33 Narrow-band UVB phototherapy appears to be an effective therapeutic option.
BACKGROUND:Keratosis lichenoides chronica (KLC) is a rare chronic keratinisation disorder. Out of almost 60 published cases of KLC, only two report its occurrence in siblings. We repor...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:28:08 Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy (NB-UVB) is the most widely and effective therapeutic option in vitiligo.
Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy (NB-UVB) is the most widely and effective therapeutic option in vitiligo. Antioxidant supplementation has also been reported to be useful. The purpose of this stu...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:27:46 Targeted UVB phototherapy seems to be effective for the repigmentation of vitiligo in lesions located on the face, to a lesser degree on the trunk, and with no response in acral lesions;
BACKGROUND:Current treatments for vitiligo include different therapeutic modalities, such as corticosteroids, immunomodulators, pseudocatalase, skin grafts, diverse types of photothera...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:27:19 Incorporating an at-home regimen with a novel LCD solution into outpatient NB-UVB light therapy is safe, convenient, effective, and can improve psoriasis more quickly than NB-UVB light therapy alone.
BACKGROUND:Use of coal tar with narrowband (NB) ultraviolet B (UVB) light (the Goeckerman regimen) is an effective treatment for plaque psoriasis that has become impractical in outpati...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:26:57 NBUVB therapy is an effective and safe tool in the management of vitiligo, with good stability of repigmentation and cosmetic appearance.
BACKGROUND:Very few studies have been performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of narrow-band ultraviolet B (NBUVB) therapy in Indian patients with vitiligo and are of small sampl...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:26:06 the combination with NB-UVB improves the efficacy of efalizumab monotherapy in the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis.
BACKGROUND:Efalizumab, albeit highly efficient in psoriasis treatment, displays a slower rate of clearance when compared to anti-tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha drugs. It has been suggeste...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:25:38 Acrodermatitis Continua of Hallopeau affecting nineteen nails, with an excellent response to the combination of thalidomide and ultraviolet B phototherapy.
Acrodermatitis Continua of Hallopeau is a rare, chronic, recurrent disorder classified as a form of pustular psoriasis, and most cases affect one or two digits. It tends to be resistant to both topica...
VIEW- 2015-04-28 16:25:03 pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis which rapidly cleared with narrowband UVB therapy.
Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of dermatoses characterized clinically by pinpoint petechia and purpura on a brown, red or yellow base. Five diseases are included in the group of pigmented p...
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- 2015-04-28 16:28:08 Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy (NB-UVB) is the most widely and effective therapeutic option in vitiligo.