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Phototherapy: An Indian perceptive

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2007
The importance of sunlight has been recognized since long. Ultraviolet light which comprises a small proportion of sunlight is therapeutically useful. Phototherapy is the use of ultraviolet irradiation with or without exogenous photosensitizer. It can be
Rai Reena, Srinivas C
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Light-Enhanced Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin by Photoactivation

Cells, 2023
The combination of photodynamic therapy with chemotherapy (photochemotherapy, PCT) can lead to additive or synergistic antitumor effects. Usually, two different molecules, a photosensitizer (PS) and a chemotherapeutic drug are used in PCT. Doxorubicin is
Giulia Greco, Luca Ulfo, Eleonora Turrini, Alessia Marconi, Paolo Emidio Costantini, Tainah Dorina Marforio, Edoardo Jun Mattioli, Matteo Di Giosia, Alberto Danielli, Carmela Fimognari, Matteo Calvaresi   +10 more
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Photochemotherapy beyond psoriasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1994
Photochemotherapy involves the therapeutic use of nonionizing radiation in combination with a photosensitizing chemical to trigger a photochemical reaction that mediates a beneficial effect. The successful introduction and widespread use of psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA) in the management of psoriasis was the chief stimulus for recent interest in ...
B, Honig, W L, Morison, D, Karp
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Photochemotherapy and Graft-versus-Leukemia Reaction in Acute Leukemia: Tumor Immunity and Survival Are Dependent on Timing of Photochemotherapy of the Skin

, 2017
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Cure of acute leukemia after transplantation is mediated by the grafted cells. We investigated the graft-versus-leukemia effect (GVL) in patients with cutaneous acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD ...
Nicolas Feldreich, Lennart Emtestam, Olle Ringden, Feldreich, N, Emtestam, L,, Ringden, O   +5 more
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Phototherapy and photochemotherapy for polymorphic light eruption desensitisation:a five year case series review from a university teaching hospital [PDF]

, 2017
Polymorphic light eruption (PLE) is the most common immunological photodermatosis, with a prevalence of 18% in Europe1. The pathogenesis of PLE appears to involve delayed cell mediated hypersensitivity and aberrant Langerhans cell function2,3 ...
Aslam, A., Ibbotson, S. H., Lynn Fullerton, Fullerton, L., Sally Helen Ibbotson, Arif Aslam   +5 more
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Primate cardiac allo-and xenotransplantation: modulation of the immune response with photochemotherapy.

, 1989
Survival of heterotopic allo- and xenografts was studied in a primate cardiac transplantation model. Initially, animals were presensitized to donor xenoantigens by blood transfusion and treated with strategies designed to elicit pretransplant ...
Gutierrez, C, Panza, A, Marboe, C C, Smith, C R, Pepino, P, Rose, E A, Berger, C L, Fuzesi, Laszlo, MD, Reemtsma, K, Pierson, R N   +9 more
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Photodynamic therapy in actinic cheilitis: clinical and anatomopathological evaluation of 19 patients Tratamento de queilite actínica com terapia fotodinâmica: avaliação clínica e anatomopatológica de 19 pacientes

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2012
BACKGROUND: Actinic cheilitis, a common disease caused by chronic solar exposure and tobacco use, is considered a premalignant lesion with potential to develop into squamous cell carcinoma.
Camila Ferrari Ribeiro, Fernanda Homem de Mello de Souza, Juliana Merheb Jordão, Letícia Cortes Haendchen, Lismary Mesquita, Juliano Vilaverde Schmitt, Luciana Lisboa Faucz   +6 more
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Photodynamic Therapy Plus Chemotherapy Compared with Photodynamic Therapy Alone in Hilar Nonresectable Cholangiocarcinoma

Gut and Liver, 2016
Background/AimsStandard treatments are not available for hilar nonresectable cholangiocarcinoma (NCC). It is unknown whether combination therapy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) plus systemic chemotherapy is superior to PDT alone.Methods : We ...
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Clinical and Microbiological Effects of Photodynamic Therapy Associated with Non-surgical Treatment in Aggressive Periodontitis

Journal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospects, 2014
Background and aims. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of adjunctive photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of aggressive periodontitis. Materials and methods.
Mohammad Taghi Chitsazi, Adileh Shirmohammadi, Reza Pourabbas, Nader Abolfazli, Ilnaz Farhoudi, Behrouz Daghigh Azar, Farrokh Farhadi   +6 more
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The pigmentary response to photochemotherapy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1977
Previous studies on skin topically photosensitized with trimethylpsoralen and subsequently irradiated with long-wave UV light have demonstrated an increase in melanosome size and changes in the distribution patterns of melanosomes, suggesting the possibility of gene derepression or the induction of a somatic mutation of melanocytes.
S, Zaynoun, K, Konrad, F, Gschnait, K, Wolff   +3 more
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