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

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

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

BACKGROUND: Systemic sclerosis is a multisystemic connective tissue disease with
marked involvement of the skin and joints for which few effective evidence based therapies …

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 …

To the Editor: Faced with the often disappointing outcome of therapeutic interventions in
systemic sclerosis (SSc), we read with great interest the article of Knobler et al 1 published …

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

Background Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) has been considered for treatment of
patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Objectives To study the 12-month effects of ECP on …