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PUVA (psoralen plus UVA) photochemotherapy: processes triggered in the cells

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FARMACO
Volume 55, Issue 8, Pages 515-520

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-827X(00)00076-8

Keywords

psoralen photoaddition; phospholipids; apoptosis; PUVA-photochemotherapy

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Photochemotherapy using psoralens and UVA is a treatment used widely in some skin diseases, in cutaneous lymphomas and in autoimmune diseases. This review has selected recent publications dealing with the photochemical processes triggered in the cells by UVA radiation and psoralen treatment. The photochemical changes initiated in the cell membranes were described. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

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