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Phototherapy and Photochemotherapy of Psoriasis

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Two discoveries in the last two decades markedly improved the use of ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of disease or disorders of the skin, including psoriasis:

  1. (a)

    the introduction of high-intensity UVA sources (Sylvania) which are used in a therapeutic regimen in which topically administered UVA interacts in the skin with orally administered photoactive drugs; this interaction functions as a potent anti-inflammatory modality for the treatment of psoriasis and several other inflammatory disorders of the skin;

  2. (b)

    new protocols using newly developed high-intensity total-body UVB irradiators, but substituting emollients for crude tar, with therapeutic results equal to the Goeckerman treatment.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA

    Thomas B. Fitzpatrick

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    Riccardo Pratesi

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Fitzpatrick, T.B. (1991). Phototherapy and Photochemotherapy of Psoriasis. In: Pratesi, R. (eds) Optronic Techniques in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3766-3_13

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