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Clinical Trial
. 1992 Nov;127(5):509-12.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb14850.x.

Treatment of psoriasis with a 311-nm UVB lamp

E Picot  1 , L Meunier, M C Picot-Debeze, J L Peyron, J Meynadier
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Clinical Trial

Treatment of psoriasis with a 311-nm UVB lamp

E Picot et al. Br J Dermatol. 1992 Nov.

Abstract

In a left-right comparative study, the Philips TL-01 sunlamp, a new UVB fluorescent lamp, was evaluated in 15 patients with symmetrical psoriasis. One half of the body was treated in a cabin containing TL-01 lamps, and the other half in a cabin containing TL-12 lamps. The patients were treated three times/week, and the study was conducted in a randomized, double-blind fashion. The percentage response of psoriatic lesions was determined on the tenth and twentieth exposures. The therapeutic effect of the TL-01 lamps was superior to that of the TL-12 lamps, and treatment was better tolerated, particularly with regard to episodes of burning. This new lamp appears to provide more effective and safer phototherapy for psoriasis.

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