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- 2015-04-15 16:53:04 The study findings support the efficacy of narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy in alleviating renal pruritus.
BACKGROUND:Renal pruritus is a disabling symptom affecting approximately 50% of patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis. Managing refractory pruritus can be a great challenge f...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:56:28 ombining TL01 phototherapy with topical calcipotriol cream has a UVB-sparing effect.
BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated the ultraviolet (UV)-sparing effect of combining topical calcipotriol with broadband UVB in the treatment of psoriasis.OBJE...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:55:54 NB-UVB may be considered as a viable therapeutic option in the treatment of vitiligo, pruritus, and other inflammatory dermatoses.
BACKGROUND:Narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) therapy has been used successfully for the treatment of inflammatory and pigmentary skin disorders including atopic dermatitis, psoriasi...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:55:15 skin type and L* value might be useful for predicting the sensitivity to NBUVB irradiation.
BACKGROUND:Many reports have been released to assess skin types, skin colors and cutaneous sensitivity to broad band UVB or UVA.OBJECTIVE:This study was per...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:54:31 the potential advantages of NBUVB imply that it is an inevitable treatment alternative for resistant cases of LP.
ACKGROUND:Recently, UVB lamps with a peak emission around 311 nm have been used successfully for the treatment of many dermatologic diseases known to be treated with psoralen plus UV...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:53:55 The combination of acitretin with narrowband UVB results in faster improvement even in more difficult-to-treat patients.
BACKGROUND:In this retrospective analysis the effect of narrowband ultraviolet B treatment in combination with acitretin is reviewed in 40 patients with plaque psoriasis. Narrowband ...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:53:28 three times weekly application of SCD may be as effective as five times weekly when used in conjunction with UVB administered five times weekly.
BACKGROUND:Recent concerns over the side-effects of psoralen plus ultraviolet (UV) A, immunosuppressive and cytotoxic treatments have led to increased interest in dithranol for treat...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:52:48 308-nm UVB therapy, which cleared skin lesions faster than conventional phototherapy.
BACKGROUND:Excimer laser-derived 308-nm ultraviolet (UV) B therapy is a new alternative for treating psoriasis by phototherapy. Some studies have been made showing the effectiveness ...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:49:48 improvement in psoriatic skin following NB-UVB therapy is also due to a reduced capacity of the surviving dermal T cells to express the proinflammatory cytokine IFN-gamma.
he type 1 T cell-derived cytokine interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) is overexpressed in psoriatic lesional skin. Recently, we have shown that a single high erythemal dose of broad-band ultraviolet B (UVB) ...
VIEW- 2015-04-14 16:48:51 narrow-band UVB treatment causes a detectable chromosome damaging effect.
BACKGROUND: - 2015-04-14 16:56:28 ombining TL01 phototherapy with topical calcipotriol cream has a UVB-sparing effect.