New Insights into the Mechanism of Narrow-Band UVB Therapy for Psoriasis

Pemphigus Foliaceus Associated with Psoriasis during the Course of Narrow-Band UVB Therapy: A Simple Coincidence?

Although psoriasis and bullous diseases are considered to be completely different disease entities, the literature has reported a few cases of psoriasis associated with bullous diseases, most of which are bullous pemphigoid. In limited cases, pemphigus foliaceus has also been reported in association with psoriasis. In most of them, pemphigus lesions usually developed on an untreated patient wit...

Oxidation reduction is a key process for successful treatment of psoriasis by narrow-band UVB phototherapy.

Narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy is commonly used for treatment of psoriasis, though the mechanisms underlying its efficacy have not been completely elucidated. We used gene expression profiling to characterise gene expression in lesional epidermis from psoriasis patients in the middle and late stages of NB-UVB photo-therapy. Increased melanogenesis gene expression was the earliest respons...

Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Combination of Narrow Band Ultraviolet B and Topical Calcipotriol Versus Narrow Band UVB alone in the Treatment of Vitiligo

Background: Narrow band Ultraviolet B (NBUVB) has been used successfully for the treatment of vitiligo. Recently, topical calcipotriol has also been used as immunotherapy or as a part of combination therapies. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of NBUVB and NBUVB plus topical calcipotriol in the treatment of generalized vitiligo.Methods: NBUVB phototherapy was...

Narrow-band UVB treatment in atopic dermatitis.

MATERIAL AND METHODS Fig. 1. Narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) and combined UVAB treatTen adult patients (mean age 27 years) with symmetrical AD were ment results in half-side comparison study in 10 patients with atopic included in the half-side (right/left) comparison study. One side of the dermatitis ( 5 NB-UVB; 5 UVAB). body was treated with narrow-band UVB, the other with combined UVAB. The light so...

Treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with narrow-band UVB and topical Maxacalcitol.