PUVA, an older treatment that uses ultraviolet A light (UVA), works better than a safer, more convenient one using UVB, or ultraviolet B light, in clearing psoriasis outbreaks. By itself, ultraviolet ...

Patients with psoriasis exhibited superior efficacy outcomes when treated with ultraviolet (UV)-based phototherapy plus other adjuvant therapies vs UV monotherapy, with similar safety profiles shown ...

Psoriasis photochemotherapy refers to a specific treatment involving the administration of psoralen with ultraviolet A (UVA) phototherapy, which is usually shortened to PUVA phototherapy. UVA ...

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An older form of light treatment for psoriasis may be better than a newer, safer version, say researchers. While ultraviolet B light (UVB) has proved to be a convenient and somewhat safe form of ...

In Europe, narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) has been established as the treatment of first choice in the management of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and other chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Although it has ...

PUVA uses a photosensitizing agent (8-methoxypsoralen, Oxsoralen®) taken orally or applied topically before exposure to ultraviolet A (UVA) light (320-400 nm). Treatments are typically given twice a ...

People living with psoriasis know all too well how its symptoms--itching, redness and inflammation of the skin--can be both painful and embarrassing. Psoriasis occurs when faulty signals from the ...

Ultraviolet light therapy is effective for many patients with psoriasis, according to a presentation by Henry W. Lim, MD, during the recent 2014 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting. Lim, ...

CHICAGO – Patients with psoriasis who have been treated with a combination of drug (psoralen) and ultraviolet light therapy have an increased prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in their skin, ...

Gerhard Schmid-Ott, Roland Jacobs, Burkard Jäger, Sabine Klages, Joana Wolf, Thomas Werfel, Alexander Kapp, Thomas Schürmeyer, Friedhelm Lamprecht, Reinhold E. Schmidt and Manfred Schedlowski ...