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Phototherapy is a mainstay in the treatment of psoriasis and is available as psoralen plus
UVA (PUVA), broadband UVB (BB-UVB), and narrowband UVB (NB-UVB). Phototherapy …

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin condition for which office-based and home
phototherapy are safe and effective treatments. However, patients who are prescribed home …

Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory, multisystem disease with predominantly skin
and joint manifestations affecting approximately 2% of the population. In this fifth of 6 …

Background: Narrowband ultraviolet B (NB‐UVB) phototherapy is an effective treatment for
psoriasis. Objectives: To compare the effects of three and five times weekly NB‐UVB …

Background: Broad-band UVB alone or in combination with different topical drugs (anthralin,
calcipotriol), systemic PUVA and bath-PUVA therapy are very effective and well-established …

Ultraviolet light B (UVB) is one of the oldest therapeutic modalities for the treatment of
psoriasis. Because of its long track record of both safety and efficacy, UVB phototherapy …

BACKGROUND: Combining phototherapy with topical and oral agents allows clinicians to
treat recalcitrant psoriasis with reduced number of treatments and cumulative UV exposures …

Investigates the potential therapeutic value of ultraviolet (UV) radiation for the treatment of
psoriasis by researchers from Uppsala, Sweden. Contentions regarding whether UV …

Objective To compare the therapeutic efficacy of narrowband (TL-01) UV-B phototherapy vs
photochemotherapy (psoralen–UV-A [PUVA]) in patients with chronic plaque-type psoriasis …