{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Yu Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease affecting approximately 3.2% of the population. The 308 nm light emitting diode (LED) is a novel, portable, and cost-effective light source, may have potential in the treatment of localized psoriasis patients in a home setting.<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the clinical and dermoscopic responses in localized psoriatic patients undergoing localized phototherapy with 308 nm LED light and excimer laser.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-two patients with mild-to-moderate psoriasis and symmetrical skin lesions were included in this prospective, randomized, left-to-right body trial. The target lesions were randomly treated with either LED light or excimer laser twice a week for 12 weeks. The responses were evaluated by the local psoriasis severity index "],"journal":["Frontiers in medicine"],"pagination":["1275912"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10657802"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A prospective randomized half-body study: 308 nm LED light vs. 308 nm excimer laser for localized psoriasis."],"pmcid":["PMC10657802"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhang Y","Lu J","Yu Y","Shi Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A prospective randomized half-body study: 308 nm LED light vs. 308 nm excimer laser for localized psoriasis.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease affecting approximately 3.2% of the population. The 308 nm light emitting diode (LED) is a novel, portable, and cost-effective light source, may have potential in the treatment of localized psoriasis patients in a home setting.<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the clinical and dermoscopic responses in localized psoriatic patients undergoing localized phototherapy with 308 nm LED light and excimer laser.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-two patients with mild-to-moderate psoriasis and symmetrical skin lesions were included in this prospective, randomized, left-to-right body trial. The target lesions were randomly treated with either LED light or excimer laser twice a week for 12 weeks. The responses were evaluated by the local psoriasis severity index ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-04T09:13:16.342Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:52:21.02Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10657802","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38020146"],"doi":["10.3389/fmed.2023.1275912"]}}