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PUVA therapy for photosensitive psoriasis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1987
The purpose of this study was to assess the prophylactic effect of oral photochemotherapy with psoralens and UVA (PUVA) on patients with light-sensitive psoriasis. Of fifteen patients with photosensitive psoriasis, ten with a history of polymorphous light eruption (PMLE) slowly developing into psoriasis were treated with trimethylpsoralen (TMP) and UVA.
A M, Ros, G, Wennersten
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Oral PUVA Versus Bath PUVA in Chronic Plaque Psoriasis: A Comparative Study of Efficacy

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2018
Introduction: Phototherapy has long been recognized as beneficial for psoriasis treatment, with a favorable risk- -benefit relation. Photochemotherapy comprises the use of psoralen, either orally (oral PUVA) or topically (bath PUVA), prior to UVA ...
Katarina Kieselova, Felicidade Santiago, Martinha Henrique   +2 more
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Assessment of efficacy and safety of UV-based therapy for psoriasis: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Background Previous studies have proven that ultraviolet (UV)-based phototherapy, including UVB or psoralen UVA (PUVA), and their combination therapies, is effective for psoriasis treatment.
Yajia Li, Ziqin Cao, Jia Guo, Qiangxiang Li, Wu Zhu, Yehong Kuang, Xiang Chen   +6 more
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Narrow-band mid-wave uгltraviolet therapy in patients with mycosis fungoides [PDF]

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii
Background. Standardization of the approach to the prescription of UVB-311 in mycosis fungoides is an urgent problem that requires prospective studies aimed at finding the most effective and safe treatment regimens. Aim.
Anastasiia A. Vorontsova, Mar’yana B. Zhilova, Lyudmila F. Znamenskaya   +2 more
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Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients With Early-Stage Mycosis Fungoides and the Effect of Oral Psoralen Plus UV-A (PUVA) Photochemotherapy on it

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Background: Little is known about psychological discomfort and quality of life (QoL) in early stage mycosis fungoides (MF) and the effect of psoralen plus UV-A (PUVA) on it.Objective: To evaluate QoL, anxiety, and depression with validated instruments in
Thomas Graier, Regina Fink-Puches, Stephanie Porkert, Roland Lang, Sophie Pöchlauer, Gudrun Ratzinger, Adrian Tanew, Sylvia Selhofer, Paul-Gunther Sator, Angelika Hofer, Alexandra Gruber-Wackernagel, Franz J. Legat, Pablo Augusto Vieyra-Garcia, Franz Quehenberger, Peter Wolf   +14 more
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PUVA Induced Bullous Pemphigoid in a Patient with Mycosis Fungoides

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2017
Background. Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering skin disease in which autoantibodies are directed against components of the basement membrane.
Birgül Özkesici, Saliha Koç, Ayşe Akman-Karakaş, Ertan Yılmaz, İbrahim Cumhur Başsorgun, Soner Uzun   +5 more
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A Perspective on the Use of NB-UVB Phototherapy vs. PUVA Photochemotherapy

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
Narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy and psoralen-UVA (PUVA) photochemotherapy are widely used phototherapeutic modalities for a range of skin diseases.
Sally H. Ibbotson
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Combination therapies in psoriasis

Turkderm Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, 2022
Topical corticosteroids and vitamin D analogs can be combined with other topical, systemic, and biological agents. The effect of methotrexate can be enhanced with ultraviolet B (UVB) or psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA).
Erol Koç, Emel Bülbül Başkan
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Accidental PUVA burns, vitiligo and atopic diathesis resulting in prurigo nodularis: a logical but undocumented rarity Prurigo nodular induzido por queimaduras acidentais por PUVA, vitiligo e diátese atópica: uma raridade lógica, mas não documentada

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2012
Vitiligo is a dreaded disease in India due to its social and cultural consequences. PUVA and PUVAsol are the main treatment modalities for vitiligo vulgaris.
Shyam Bhanushankar Verma, Uwe Wollina
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PUVA therapy for palmoplantar pustulosis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1985
Forty patients suffering from pustulosis palmoplantaris were treated with PUVA therapy. Thirty-six patients had palmar lesions which cleared in 31 cases; in 18 cases after an initial course of 3 sessions of treatment per week during an average period of 10 weeks, and in another 13 only after additional, less frequent continuation of the PUVA therapy ...
S, Agren-Jonsson, E, Tegner
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