• PUVA (psoralen and UVA) is an ultraviolet light therapy treatment for skin diseases: vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, graft-versus-host disease, mycosis fungoides...
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    developed on the basis of skin color to measure the correct dose of UVA for PUVA therapy, and when the initial testing based only on hair and eye color resulted...
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    "PUVA therapy for skin diseases: treatment features | Heliotherapy Research Institute". Retrieved 2022-06-01. "Treating psoriasis: light therapy and...
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    symptoms of phototoxicity after oral ingestion of methoxsalen followed by PUVA therapy. Chemically, methoxsalen is a derivative of psoralen and belongs to a...
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    (January 2012). "[Extensive Dowling-Degos disease following long term PUVA therapy]". Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie. 139 (1): 54–7. doi:10...
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    light therapy PUVA therapy photodynamic therapy photothermal therapy cytoluminescent therapy blood irradiation therapy by darkness: dark therapy by lasers:...
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    treatment for mycosis fungoides is psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA therapy). PUVA is a photochemotherapy that involves topical or oral administration...
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    difficult-to-reach tumours. PUVA therapy uses psoralen as photosensitiser and UVA ultraviolet as light source, but this form of therapy is usually classified...
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  • prophylactic therapy protein therapy proton therapy pulsed electromagnetic field therapy PUVA therapy qigong therapy quack therapies radiation therapy radiotherapy...
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  • PUVA lentigines is a cutaneous condition caused by PUVA therapy.: 686  James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the...
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    cell infiltrate and necrotising vasculitis. Treatments like PUVA therapy, photodynamic therapy, low dose aspirin, and corticosteroids are used to manage...
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  • been reported as speeding resolution. In exceptionally severe cases PUVA therapy may be considered. The patches of pityriasis alba may last from 1 month...
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    Photochemotherapy with methoxsalen and long-wave ultraviolet light (PUVA therapy) are used for severe skin lesions. Doctors may use joint injections with...
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    radiation sessions. The most frequently applied form of light therapy is PUVA therapy. This first treats the hands with a cream that contains an ingredient...
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    (Th1). Targeted immunotherapy, as well as psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy, can reduce the number of dendritic cells and favors a TH2 cell cytokine...
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    for effects to phototherapy. NBUVB phototherapy appears better than PUVA therapy with the most effective response on the face and neck. With respect to...
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    ultraviolet light to the affected skin area over a period of 12 weeks (PUVA therapy). List of allergies Petition to include garlic in the EU list of allergens...
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    steroids can be taken orally; the immunosuppressive drug tacrolimus, or PUVA therapy may also be tried. Dapsone (diamino-diphenyl sulfone), an antibacterial...
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    diseases. There are two main treatments: UVB that is the most common, and PUVA. There are four UVB types of lamps: Fluorescnt Broad-Band UVB that emit 280-330...
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    psoriasis. Due to the potential of psoralens to cause damage to the liver, PUVA therapy may be used only a limited number of times over a patient's lifetime...
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  • Stage I and II localized FTCL has been treated with surgery, X-ray therapy, PUVA therapy, topical steroids, chlormethine, and/or carmustine. More extensive...
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    cosmetic artificial sun tanning (tanning booths and tanning beds) and PUVA therapy for psoriasis. However, UVA is now known to cause significant damage...
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  • Secondary cutaneous amyloidosis is a skin condition that occurs following PUVA therapy and in benign and malignant cutaneous neoplasms in which deposits of...
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    and test some of the first modern sunscreens. He was a developer of PUVA therapy for the treatment of psoriasis and other skin disorders. Basic science...
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    acitretin, or sulfasalazine. Narrow band UVB phototherapy or systemic PUVA therapy are known treatment modalities for generalized disease. Reassurance that...
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    which used ultra-violet light to treat skin diseases, the prototype of PUVA therapy when he accidentally cut his thumb and index finger. Neglecting the wound...
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    UVA (PUVA) therapy can be used to treat hyperproliferative skin disorders like psoriasis and certain kinds of skin cancer. Unfortunately, PUVA treatment...
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    the lesions of nevus depigmentosus such as PUVA, excimer laser, and different grafting techniques. PUVA therapy has not been shown to be beneficial. Successful...
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  • tense blisters, usually on the distal extremities, during long-term PUVA therapy PUVA keratosis List of cutaneous conditions Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia...
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  • elastic fibers arranged vertically in place of the lost hair follicles. PUVA therapy, cyclosporine, retinoids, topical, intralesional, and systemic corticosteroids...
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