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Therapeutics > Phototherapy > Ultraviolet Therapy

Preferred term

Ultraviolet Therapy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Actinotherapies
  • Actinotherapy
  • Therapies, Ultraviolet
  • Therapy, Ultraviolet
  • Ultraviolet Therapies

Note

  • coordinate with disease /radiother, not disease /ther

Scope note

  • The use of ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation in the treatment of disease, usually of the skin. This is the part of the sun's spectrum that causes sunburn and tanning. Ultraviolet A, used in PUVA, is closer to visible light and less damaging than Ultraviolet B, which is ionizing.

History note

  • 65

In other languages

  • ultraviolettihoito

    Finnish

  • ultraviolettisäteilyhoito
  • ultraviolettisäteilyterapia
  • ultraviolettiterapia
  • UV-hoito
  • UV-säteilyhoito
  • UV-säteilyterapia
  • UV-terapia
  • Ultravioletterapi

    Swedish

  • UV-terapi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014467

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