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PUVA Therapy MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
PUVA Therapy
Tree Number(s)
E02.774.945.500
Unique ID
D011701
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011701
Annotation
coordinate with disease /‌drug ther; do not index psoralen compound or ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT unless particularly discussed
Scope Note
Photochemotherapy using PSORALENS as the photosensitizing agent and ultraviolet light type A (UVA).
Entry Version
PUVA THER
Entry Term(s)
Psoralen Ultraviolet A Therapy
Therapy, PUVA
NLM Classification #
WB 480
Previous Indexing
Coumarins (1966-1974)
Ficusin (1975-Feb 81)
Methoxsalen (1966-Feb 81)
Photochemotherapy (1978-Feb 81)
Psoralens (1979-Feb 81)
Trioxsalen (1975-Feb 81)
Ultraviolet Therapy (1966-Feb 81)
Public MeSH Note
86; was see under PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY 1981-85
History Note
86(Mar 81); was see under PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY 1981-85
Date Introduced
1986/01/01
Last Updated
2014/06/06
PUVA Therapy Preferred
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