title: [A preliminary report of "selective ultraviolet phototherapy" in psoriasis (author's transl)].
abstract: 35 patients with psoriasis were treated solely by UV irradiation using a Saalmann selective ultraviolet phototherapy lamp (SUP), a mercury lamp with increased emission between 310 and 320 nm. Irradiation four to five times weekly produced 90 to 100% improvement in 83% of the patients. Nineteen of the thus-treated patients showed complete clearing of the psoriatic lesions. The average duration of treatment was 4 weeks. These good results were maintained on a regimen of twice-weekly UV therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000628:therapy*; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy
vernacular_title: Erste Erfahungen mit der "selektiven ultravioletten phototherapie" (SUP) bei der Behandlung der Psoriasis vulgaris.