ultraviolet therapy

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• Ultraviolet blood irradiation — (UBI), also known as biophotonic therapy, refers to the treatment of the blood with various wavelengths of ultraviolet light. It was pioneered in the 1920s by a Seattle scientist, Emmet Knott, who used it with apparent success to treat a patient… …   Wikipedia

• Ultraviolet A — One of the three types of invisible light rays (together with ultraviolet B and ultraviolet C) given off by the sun. Although ultraviolet C is the most dangerous type of ultraviolet light in terms of its potential to harm life on earth, it cannot …   Medical dictionary

• Ultraviolet — UV redirects here. For other uses, see UV (disambiguation). UVB redirects here. For the mysterious shortwave radio station in Russia, see UVB 76. For other uses, see Ultraviolet (disambiguation). False color image of the Sun s corona as seen in… …   Wikipedia

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• ultraviolet radiation therapy — A form of radiation used in the treatment of cancer …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Light therapy — Intervention Bright light therapy is a common treatment for seasonal affective disorder and for circadian rhythm disorders. ICD 10 PCS …   Wikipedia

• PUVA therapy — Psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy. A type of photodynamic therapy used to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. The patient receives psoralen (a drug that becomes active when it is… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• radiation therapy — radiotherapy. * * * or radiotherapy or therapeutic radiology Use of radiation sources to treat or relieve diseases, usually cancer (including leukemia). The ionizing radiation primarily used to destroy diseased cells works best on fast growing… …   Universalium

• Radiation therapy — Radiation (medicine) redirects here. It is not to be confused with Radiation (pain) or Radiology. Radiation therapy Intervention ICD 10 PCS D ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy — PUVA therapy. A type of photodynamic therapy used to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. The patient receives psoralen (a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to light) by mouth …   English dictionary of cancer terms