Ficusin (Psoralen)

11/05/1999 - "Psoralen in conjunction with UVA (PUVA) is perhaps the most effective treatment for psoriasis. "
11/01/2013 - "Forty-three patients were clinically and analytically studied after a successful treatment [as shown by Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI)]--nine treated with topical agents, 17 with narrow-band UV light B (NB-UVB) and 17 with psoralen plus UVA-and were followed to record the length of remission. "
11/01/2010 - "A combination of oral psoralen with NBUVB has been shown to have a superior efficacy as compared with NBUVB alone in psoriasis. "
10/01/2009 - "A combination of oral psoralen with narrowband ultraviolet B (UVB), defined as 'psoralen-narrowband UVB', was shown to have a superior efficacy than UVB alone and even a comparable efficacy to psoralen and ultraviolet A in psoriasis. "
05/01/2013 - "Psoralen-ultraviolet B treatment is as effective as conventional psoralen-ultraviolet A in the treatment of psoriasis. "

11/01/2002 - "Of the various modalities of therapy available for the treatment of vitiligo, a combination of psoralen + ultraviolet A (PUVA) with autologous epidermal grafting appears to offer the best results. "
08/01/2001 - "The use of psoralen plus broadband UVB is as effective as PUVA in the treatment of vitiligo. "
12/01/2013 - "The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of psoralen-NBUVB (P-NBUVB) vs. NBUVB in vitiligo. "
05/01/2007 - "Randomized double-blind trial of treatment of vitiligo: efficacy of psoralen-UV-A therapy vs Narrowband-UV-B therapy."
02/01/2013 - "Psoralen and ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA) is a gold standard treatment for vitiligo, however, response is still empirical. "

07/01/2003 - "The influence of psoralen + ultraviolet A treatment on the duration of remission and prognosis in mycosis fungoides."
11/01/2014 - "Treatment of stage Ia and Ib mycosis fungoides with psoralen UVA monotherapy: an observational study in tertiary hospitals in the Canary Islands."
08/01/2014 - "The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of narrow-band UVB and psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) photochemoterapy in 24 patients with early-stage MF, and explore a new approach for the treatment of early mycosis fungoides. "
09/01/2014 - "Psoralen plus ultraviolet (UV) A (PUVA) radiation is the preferred treatment for folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (MF) and MF refractory to narrowband (NB) UVB radiation. "
09/01/2014 - "Role of bath psoralen plus ultraviolet A in early-stage mycosis fungoides."

06/01/2005 - "Two phototherapeutic modalitites are used for the treatment of sclerosing skin diseases, long-wave ultraviolet A and psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA). "
03/01/2001 - "Inhibition of Th1 cytokine expression by psoralen plus ultraviolet A might help to explain its beneficial effects in the treatment of Th1 dominated skin diseases."
07/01/1998 - "Treatments using UV, UVB, or oral psoralen and UVA (PUVA) have been advocated for the care of HIV-infected persons with skin diseases. "
03/15/1996 - "Angular furoquinolinones, psoralen analogs: novel antiproliferative agents for skin diseases. "
02/01/2006 - "Psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA) bath photochemotherapy has been proved highly effective in the treatment of various dermatoses without potential side-effects of systemic therapy. "

12/01/2004 - "To study whether oral psoralen-UV-A (PUVA) with a portable tanning unit at home is as effective as hospital-administered bath PUVA in patients with chronic hand eczema. "
10/01/2012 - "Is there still a role for psoralen ultraviolet A in the treatment of chronic hand eczema?"
10/01/2012 - "Is there still a role for psoralen ultraviolet A in the treatment of chronic hand eczema?"
12/01/2004 - "Comparison of oral psoralen-UV-A with a portable tanning unit at home vs hospital-administered bath psoralen-UV-A in patients with chronic hand eczema: an open-label randomized controlled trial of efficacy."
07/06/2013 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of iontophoresis combined with local psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy in chronic foot eczema. "