Background: Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (EP) is a new immune-modulating therapy
which combines cytapheresis and extracorporeal irradiation of leukocytes by UVA. Recently …

Background. Extracorporeal photochemotherapy, an immune‐modulating form of therapy,
has been shown to be effective in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. We evaluated the …

Background Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (photopheresis), an immune‐modulating
therapy, has been demonstrated to elicit a therapeutic response in the treatment of several …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and immunomodulatory effects of
extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We enrolled 16 …

Background: Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (EXP) is an immunomodulating therapy
that has been used in a limited number of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSC) with …

Abstract Purpose of Review Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (photopheresis, ECP) is a
cell-based immunomodulatory treatment that separates leukocytes from peripheral blood …

Background: Effective treatment modalities for systemic sclerosis, a life-threatening and
disabling disease, are still lacking. Possible efficacy of photopheresis has been reported in …

Abstract Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)(SSc) is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized
by excessive production of collagen. Extracorporeal photopheresis (photochemotherapy …

The therapeutic options in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are limited mainly to the management of
complications, and decelerating fibrosis and preventing disease progression are still great …

Background/purpose: Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) has been proposed for the
treatment of various auto‐and allo‐immune reactions. However, a standard ECP regimen …