PUVA Therapy

06/01/1995 - "Topical PUVA therapy was effective in most psoriasis patients, without the occurrence of local or systemic side-effects. "
06/15/1987 - "A long-term study on 98 psoriatic patients with an average observation time of seven years proved that PUVA therapy with low doses of UV-A is sufficient to induce complete remission of psoriasis vulgaris (chronic stationary type). "
10/01/2010 - "Bath PUVA therapy is superior to NB-UVB in the treatment of moderate and severe psoriasis with mild reversible side effects. "
05/01/2004 - "For comparison, the therapeutic efficacy, number of treatments, and cumulative UV doses until remission (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score < 4) of cream PUVA therapy or narrowband UVB alone was determined in 10 patients, respectively. "
10/01/2001 - "Our data document that cream-PUVA therapy is an effective and safe variation of topical PUVA therapy, which may develop into first line photochemotherapy for patients with moderate plaque-type psoriasis."

05/01/2007 - "In the treatment of nonsegmental vitiligo, NB-UVB therapy is superior to oral PUVA therapy."
01/30/2019 - "The Decline of PUVA Therapy in Vietnam: Effective Treatment of Narrow Band UVB in Vietnamese Vitiligo Patients."
05/01/2007 - "In patients who completed 48 sessions, the improvement in body surface area affected by vitiligo was greater with NB-UVB therapy than with PUVA therapy (P = .007). "
02/01/2012 - "Effect of PUVA therapy on melanocytes and keratinocytes in non-segmental vitiligo: histopathological, immuno-histochemical and ultrastructural study."
09/01/2010 - "Quality of life in patients with vitiligo: a descriptive study on 83 patients attending a PUVA therapy unit in Imam Reza Hospital, Mashad."

09/01/2000 - "PUVA therapy is highly effective in the treatment of mycosis fungoides confined to the skin, especially in the elderly where more aggressive therapy may not be tolerated."
01/01/2012 - "We report the case of a patient affected by mycosis fungoides and treated with PUVA therapy, with complete remission of the disease. "
11/01/2015 - "Topical PUVA therapy is effective in the treatment of refractory lesions of mycosis fungoides with little severe side effects."
01/01/2019 - "Although the experience in the treatment of Mycosis Fungoides in pediatric patients is limited, PUVA therapy seems to be an effective and safe option."
10/01/2017 - "The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of UVA1 and PUVA therapy in treating patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) and to evaluate high-frequency ultrasonography (HF-USG) to monitor the clinical response of these patients. "

02/01/2000 - "Smoking is likely to be a reason for the failure of bath-PUVA therapy in the treatment of chronic palmoplantar eczema, in particular regarding smokers with eczema of the dyshidrotic type where no complete remission was achieved."
02/01/2007 - "Local narrowband UVB phototherapy regimen is as effective as paint-PUVA therapy in patients with chronic hand eczema of dry and dyshidrotic types."
05/01/1997 - "Systemic PUVA therapy may be useful in the treatment of chronic palmoplantar eczema. "
02/01/2000 - "In order to evaluate environmental influences possibly having an impact on the efficacy of this therapy, smokers and non-smokers suffering from palmoplantar eczema treated with bath-PUVA therapy were compared. "
02/01/2000 - "Does smoking influence the efficacy of bath-PUVA therapy in chronic palmoplantar eczema?"

09/01/1978 - "PUVA therapy successfully cleared various dermatoses mainly confined to the palms and soles in 18 of 20 patients treated. "
05/01/1998 - "Topical PUVA therapy is an effective and safe treatment option for recalcitrant dermatoses affecting the palms and soles."
11/01/2007 - "Although PUVA therapy is widely used in a large number of countries for the treatment of various skin diseases, few studies have described the characteristics of the patients and the differences in the parameters of PUVA according to the disease."
11/01/2012 - "Retrospective long-term follow-up in patients with chronic palmoplantar dermatoses after good response to bath PUVA therapy."
01/01/2002 - "Another form of topical PUVA therapy, 8-methoxypsoralen-containing cream or gel preparations, has been proven to be as effective as PUVA bath therapy for palmoplantar dermatoses. "