PUVA

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PUVA

abbr psoralen plus ultraviolet A. V. psoralen.
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The patient with alopecia totalis was administered OMP, the patient with alopecia universalis received OMP with PUVA, while all others were treated with intralesional injections of triamcinolone acetonide (5 mg/ml) or topical therapy.
They concluded that combination of calcipotriol with PUVASOL is more effective, fast and should be used to shorten treatment time with PUVA.
They treated the case with cream PUVA which resulted in improvement of burning sensations and partial remission of LP.14 Wollina et al.14 also reported a 42-year-old woman with relapsing papulonodular lesions on the limbs and the trunk for last 18 years.
Puva said he last heard from the victim about a week ago, when she invited him to hang out.
utilized low-dose external beam radiotherapy to treat mycosis fungoides lesions refractory to PUVA and topical steroids.
PUVA treatment has also proven to be efficient in murine models, likely by helping improving the function of Treg.
Fibrosis of the skin is treated with daily doses of PUVA (photochemotherapy) 0.25 J/[cm.sup.2] or 0.4 J/[cm.sup.2] for 3 to 8 weeks (total doses between 3.5 J/[cm.sup.2] and 9.6 J/[cm.sup.2]); this results in improvements in hand closure, skin sclerosis index, and flexion of fingers or knee joints.
PUVA ultraviolet light therapy induces significant repigmentation in more than half of cases but many treatments are required.
Treament with PUVA (psoralen + UVA treatment) was considered, however, at a three-month follow-up with her primary care doctor, her psoriasis was resolving, and at one-year follow-up, it was completely resolved.
Cole specialize in Efudex cream, Narrowband UVB light box phototherapy, UVB Hand Foot phototherapy, an array of psoriasis scalp expert light boxes and NB Ultraviolet phototherapy, scalp itching, PUVA, itchy arm and back, Brachioradial pruritus, and notalgia paraesthetica (NP).
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