Narrow-band UVB treatment of vitiligo in Chinese

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 793-800

  Chen, Guan Yu ^a,c   Hsu, M Ming Long ^a   Tai, Han Kuo ^b   Chou, Tzu Chieh ^a   Tseng, Ching Liang ^b   Chang, Ho Yuan ^a   Lan, Cheng Che Eric ^d   Sheu, Hamm Ming ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Narrow band UVB (NBUVB); Supervise classification; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; XEROSIS;

EID: 28244437269     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00847.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Zaima H, Koga M: Clinical course of 44 cases of localized type vitiligo, J Dermatol, 29: 15-19, 2002.
2. Westerhof W, Bolhaar B, Menke HE, Harper JI: Resultaten van een enquete onder vitiligo patienten, Ned Tijdschr Dermatol venereal, 6: 100-105, 1996.
3. Handa S, Kaur I: Vitiligo: Clinical findings in 1436 patients, J Dermatol, 26: 653-657, 1999.
4. Kent G, Al'Abadie M: Psychologic effects of vitiligo: a critical incident analysis, J Am Acad Dermatol, 35: 895-898, 1996.
5. Kwok YK, Anstey AV, Hawk JL: Psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA) is only moderately effective in widespread vitiligo: A 10-year retrospective study, Clin Exp Dermatol, 27: 104-110, 2002.
6. Grimes PE: Psoralen phototherapy for vitiligo, Clin Dermatol, 15: 921-926, 1997.
7. Morison WL, Baughman RD, Day RM, et al: Consensus workshop on the toxic effects of long-term PUVA therapy, Arch Dermatol, 134: 595-598, 1998.
8. Natta R, Somsak T, Wisuttida T, Laor L: Narrow-band ultraviolet B radiation therapy for recalcitrant vitiligo in Asians, J Am Acad Dermatol, 49: 473-476, 2003.
9. Fitzpatrick TB, Ortonne J-P: Disorders of melanocytes, in Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, Austen KF, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI (eds): Dermatology in General Medicine, 6th ed, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003, p 820.
10. Wainwright NJ, Dawe RS, Ferguson J: Narrow-band ultraviolet B (TL-01) phototherapy for psoriasis: Which incremental regimen?, Br J Dermatol, 139: 410-414, 1998.
11. Lillesand TM, Kiefer RW: Digital image processing, in Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 4th ed, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 2000, pp 534-536.
12. Njoo MD, Westerhof W, Bos JD, Bossuyt PM: The development of guidelines for the treatment of vitiligo. Clinical Epidemiology Unit of the Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata-Istituto di Recovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IDI-IRCCS) and the Archives of Dermatology, Arch Dermatol, 135: 1514-1521, 1999.
13. Parrish JA, Jaenicke KF: Action spectrum for phototherapy of psoriasis, J Invest Dermatol, 76: 359-362, 1981.
14. Kollias N, Malallah YH, al-Ajmi H, Baqer A, Johnson BE, Gonzalez S: Erythema and melanogenesis action spectra in heavily pigmented individuals as compared to fair-skinned Caucasians, Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 12: 183-188, 1996.
15. Westerhof W, Nieuweboer-Krobotova L: Treatment of vitiligo with UV-B radiation vs topical psoralen plus UV-A, Arch Dermatol, 133: 1525-1528, 1997.
16. Njoo MD, Bos JD, Westerhof W: Treatment of generalized vitiligo in children with narrow-band (TL-01) UVB radiation therapy, J Am Acad Dermatol, 42: 245-253, 2000.
17. Scherschun L, Kim JJ, Lim HW: Narrow-band ultraviolet B is a useful and well-tolerated treatment for vitiligo, J Am Acad Dermatol, 44: 999-1003, 2001.
18. Tjioe M, Gerritsen MJ, Juhlin L, van de Kerkhof PC: Treatment of vitiligo vulgaris with narrow band UVB (311 nm) for one year and the effect of addition of folic acid and vitamin B12, Acta Derm Venereol, 82: 369-372, 2002.
19. Chuan MT, Tsai YJ, Wu MC: Effectiveness of psoralen photochemotherapy for vitiligo, J Formos Med Assoc, 98: 335-340, 1999.
20. Tran D, Kwok YK, Goh CL: A retrospective review of PUVA therapy at the National Skin Centre of Singapore, Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 17: 164-167, 2001.
21. Hann SK, Lee HJ: Segmental vitiligo: Clinical findings in 208 patients, J Am Acad Dermatol, 35: 671-674, 1996.
22. Drake LA, Dinehart SM, Farmer ER, et al: Guidelines of care for vitiligo, J Am Acad Dermatol, 35: 620-626, 1996.
23. British Photodermatology Group: British Photodermatology Group guidelines for PUVA, Br J Dermatol, 130: 246-255, 1994.
24. Slaper H, Schothorst AA, van der Leun JC: Risk evaluation of UVB therapy for psoriasis: comparison of calculated risk for UVB therapy and observed risk in PUVA-treated patients Photodermatol, 3: 271-283, 1986.