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Phototherapy

Known as: Mental Health @ None @ Light Therapy @ None @ None @ None @ None, Therapies, Photoradiation, Therapy, Photoradiation 
The treatment of disease with certain types of light. Phototherapy can use lasers, LED, fluorescent lamps, and ultraviolet or infrared radiation.
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CABINET, PHOTOTHERAPY (PUVA)Dermatitis, PhototoxicIllumination TechniqueInfrared Photocoagulation Therapy

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PhotochemotherapyUltraviolet Therapynewborn phototherapy

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Physical therapyTherapeutic radiology procedure

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
UV-A1 phototherapy improves nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy.
A 47-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of progressive tightening of the skin on her legs. The tightening of her… 
1999
1999
The effects of seasons and light therapy on G protein levels in mononuclear leukocytes of patients with seasonal affective disorder.
BACKGROUND Information-transducing heterotrimeric G proteins have been implicated previously in the mechanism of action of mood… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Acute management of extreme neonatal jaundice–––the potential benefits of intensified phototherapy and interruption of enterohepatic bilirubin circulation
Abstract Increasing numbers of neonates are being admitted to hospital because of extreme jaundice. Phototherapy should be very… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Why use homeopathic doses of phototherapy
Phototherapy is used worldwide for the treatment of hyperbilirubinemia; it is safe and it works. Although there exists a vast… 
1993
1993
EPR studies of singlet oxygen (1O2) and free radicals (O2.-, .OH, HB.-) generated during photosensitization of hypocrellin B.
1991
1991
Multi-center study of seasonal affective disorders in Japan. A preliminary report.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Elevated plasma interleukin-1 levels in humans following ultraviolet light therapy for psoriasis.
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a potent cytokine with a wide range of biologic activities including induction of several acute phase… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Oral psoralen photochemotherapy of atopic eczema
Oral administration of 8‐methoxypsoralen followed by exposure to a high‐intensity longwave ultraviolet treatment system resulted… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Combined 8‐methoxypsoralen and black light therapy of psoriasis TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS
Seventy‐four patients with psoriasis underwent a combined topical treatment with an 8‐methoxypsoralen solution and black light… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The photodynamic action of bilirubin on erythrocytes.
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