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The role of phototherapy in pediatric dermatology [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background Phototherapy is one of the widely used therapeutic options in dermatology, and it has proven effective for many dermatological conditions.
Eine Benavides, Dan Hartmann, Catalina Retamal, Fernando Valenzuela   +3 more
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Ultraviolet light therapy in chronic urticaria

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1985
Fifteen patients with chronic urticaria were treated with ultraviolet light B (UVB) for 1-3 months during the spring 1984 and a follow-up study was performed in November 1984-January 1985. Patients with cold urticaria, cholinergic urticaria and dermographism became clearly better or got rid of their symptoms more often than those with "non-specific ...
M, Hannuksela, E L, Kokkonen
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Effectiveness of Narrowband Ultraviolet on Vitiligo: A Systematic Review

Dermato
Background: Narrowband ultraviolet B (nb-UVB) is one of the most popular and effective modalities to treat vitiligo. Given the importance of nb-UBV, as well as its associations, this research searched the literature for answers on how to best treat ...
Ana Luisa Tenani Pereira da Costa, Julya Gracite de Menezes, Mayara Louise Beltrame, Bianca Veronese da Silva, Dartel Ferrari Lima, Dérrick Patrick Artioli, Márcia Rosângela Buzanello, Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini   +7 more
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Efficacy and safety of narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy for prurigo nodularis: a tertiary center experience [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background: Prurigo nodularis is a chronic pruritic dermatosis and narrowband-UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy is considered an effective and safe treatment option in patients with multiple comorbidities. Objective: In this study, the authors aimed to evaluate
Esra Agaoglu, Hilal Kaya Erdogan, Ersoy Acer, Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu   +3 more
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A New Drug-Free Cancer Therapy Using Ultraviolet Pulsed Irradiation. PDT (PhotoDynamic Therapy) to PPT (Pulsed Photon Therapy)

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar, 2022
Background: Pulsed ultraviolet (UV) irradiation can be used to generate a broad UV-C spectrum. The pulsing nature of such a spectrum helps increase the damage to cancer cells, leading to their injury and death.
Johbu Itoh, Yoshiko Itoh
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Predicting phototherapy efficacy in vulvar lichen sclerosus using high-frequency ultrasound combined with superb microvascular imaging

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectivesTo develop a non-invasive model predicting narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy efficacy in vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) using high-frequency ultrasound (HF-US, 24 MHz) and superb microvascular imaging (SMI) parameters.MethodsForty-seven ...
Yifei Liu, Yu Lu, Yujuan Guo, Chuang Li, Kaikai Shen   +4 more
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Psoralen-ultraviolet a treatment with Psoralen-ultraviolet B therapy in the treatment of psoriasis

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Objective: To compare the conventional psoralen-ultraviolet A treatment with psoralen-ultraviolet B therapy in the treatment of psoriasis.Methods: We studied 50 patients of plaque type psoriasis who were selected to receive either conventional psoralen-ultraviolet A or psoralen-ultraviolet B treatment.Results: There was no significant difference ...
Sadaf, Ahmed Asim, Sitwat, Ahmed, Najam, Us-Sehar   +2 more
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Efficacy of Narrowband UVB Phototherapy in Mild to Moderate Psoriasis: A Case Series from Kharkiv, Ukraine

International Journal of Medical Students
Background. Psoriasis is a genetically determined, chronic autoimmune disease of the skin and joints with a complex immunopathogenesis. Although topical corticosteroids remain the first-line treatment for mild to moderate forms, narrowband UVB (NB-UVB ...
Marharyta Khaustova, Andrii Dashchuk
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Effciency and safety of the use of long-wave UVA-1 phototherapy in treatment of psoriasis [PDF]

Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2012
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The effectiveness of the long wavelength ultraviolet therapy (UVA-1) in complex treatment of patients with psoriasis has been studied during the research.
Bakulev A.L., Kondratyeva N.N., Rasskazov Y.A.   +2 more
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Effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medical bath therapy combined with ultraviolet irradiation in the treatment of psoriasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Background and objectiveTo systematically evaluate the clinical effects and safety of traditional Chinese medical bath therapy (TCMBT) combined with ultraviolet irradiation in the treatment of psoriasis.MethodsElectronic database retrieval was utilized ...
Jingzhi Guan, Shaofei Yuan, Hanqimuge Wu, Risu Na, Xueqin Wu, Xin Wang, Shan Bao   +6 more
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