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Descriptor English: Photopheresis
Descriptor Spanish: Fotoféresis
Descriptor fotoféresis
Entry term(s) fotoféresis extracorpórea
fotoquimioterapia extracorpórea
Scope note: Proceso en el cual se expone la sangre periférica, en un sistema de flujo extracorpóreo, al 8-metoxipsoraleno fotoactivado (METOXSALENO) y luz ultravioleta - procedimiento conocido como TRATAMIENTO PUVA. La fotoféresis es en la actualidad un tratamiento estándar en relación con los linfomas cutáneos avanzados de las células T; se muestra prometedora en el tratamiento de las enfermedades autoinmunes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fotoferese
Descriptor French: Photophérèse
Entry term(s): Extracorporeal Photochemotherapies
Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy
Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Photochemotherapies, Extracorporeal
Photochemotherapy, Extracorporeal
Photopheresis, Extracorporeal
Tree number(s): E02.774.945.500.500
E04.292.762
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017893
Scope note: A process in which peripheral blood is exposed in an extracorporeal flow system to photoactivated 8-methoxypsoralen (METHOXSALEN) and ultraviolet light - a procedure known as PUVA THERAPY. Photopheresis is at present a standard therapy for advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; it shows promise in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Annotation: a form of PUVA THERAPY
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Methoxsalen (1986-1993)
PUVA Therapy (1984-1993)
Photochemotherapy (1984-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31182
Unique ID: D017893
NLM Classification: WB 480
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2015/06/18
Photopheresis - Preferred
Concept UI M0027036
Scope note A process in which peripheral blood is exposed in an extracorporeal flow system to photoactivated 8-methoxypsoralen (METHOXSALEN) and ultraviolet light - a procedure known as PUVA THERAPY. Photopheresis is at present a standard therapy for advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; it shows promise in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Preferred term Photopheresis
Entry term(s) Extracorporeal Photochemotherapies
Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy
Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Photochemotherapies, Extracorporeal
Photochemotherapy, Extracorporeal
Photopheresis, Extracorporeal



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