Published February 10, 1987 | Version v1
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Method for decreasing radiation load in puva therapy

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Description

An improved method is described for treating a psoriatic subject undergoing treatment with a psoralen in conjection with ultraviolet A radiation of from wavelength of 3200 to 4000 angstroms. The improved method comprises prior to initiation of the treatment, pretreating the subject for a period of from 4 to 10 days with an effective amount of an anti-psoriatic polyene compound, and thereafter initiating the treatment with a psoralen in conjunction with ultraviolet A radiation and continuing the treatment concurrently with the administration of the anti-psoriatic polyene compound

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U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
vp.
IPC:
Int. Cl. A01N 37/08; A61N 5/12.
IPC
Int. Cl. A01N 37/08; A61N 5/12.
Patent number
US patent document 4,642,318/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18061149
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
FREQUENCY RANGE; POLYENES; PSORALEN; PSORIASIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; MEDICINE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATIONS; SKIN DISEASES; THERAPY