 Phototherapy
"Phototherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Treatment of disease by exposure to light, especially by variously concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths.
| Descriptor ID |
D010789
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.774
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| Concept/Terms |
Phototherapy- Phototherapy
- Phototherapies
- Therapy, Photoradiation
- Photoradiation Therapies
- Therapies, Photoradiation
- Light Therapy
- Light Therapies
- Therapies, Light
- Therapy, Light
- Photoradiation Therapy
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Phototherapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Phototherapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1983 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phototherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Elmets CA, Lim HW, Stoff B, Connor C, Cordoro KM, Lebwohl M, Armstrong AW, Davis DMR, Elewski BE, Gelfand JM, Gordon KB, Gottlieb AB, Kaplan DH, Kavanaugh A, Kiselica M, Kivelevitch D, Korman NJ, Kroshinsky D, Leonardi CL, Lichten J, Mehta NN, Paller AS, Parra SL, Pathy AL, Farley Prater EA, Rupani RN, Siegel M, Strober BE, Wong EB, Wu JJ, Hariharan V, Menter A. Joint American Academy of Dermatology-National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with phototherapy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Sep; 81(3):775-804.
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Schadler ED, Ortel B, Mehlis SL. Biologics for the primary care physician: Review and treatment of psoriasis. Dis Mon. 2019 Mar; 65(3):51-90.
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Gehlbach BK, Patel SB, Van Cauter E, Pohlman AS, Hall JB, Zabner J. The Effects of Timed Light Exposure in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 07 15; 198(2):275-278.
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Armstrong AW, Gordon KB, Menter MA, Wu JJ. The Evolving Landscape of Psoriasis Treatment. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2018 Feb; 37(2S):S39-S43.
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Brownell J, Wang S, Tsoukas MM. Compliance and phototherapy. Clin Dermatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 34(5):582-6.
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Brownell J, Wang S, Tsoukas MM. Phototherapy in cosmetic dermatology. Clin Dermatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 34(5):623-7.
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Mercy KM, Gordon KB, Paller AS. Patient satisfaction and quality of life in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. JAMA. 2014 Dec 24-31; 312(24):2676-7.
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Hubbell JA, Langer R. Translating materials design to the clinic. Nat Mater. 2013 Nov; 12(11):963-6.
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Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: section 6. Guidelines of care for the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: case-based presentations and evidence-based conclusions. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Jul; 65(1):137-74.
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Menter A, Korman NJ, Elmets CA, Feldman SR, Gelfand JM, Gordon KB, Gottlieb A, Koo JY, Lebwohl M, Lim HW, Van Voorhees AS, Beutner KR, Bhushan R. Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: Section 5. Guidelines of care for the treatment of psoriasis with phototherapy and photochemotherapy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2010 Jan; 62(1):114-35.
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