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phototherapy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
Examples of phototherapy
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The usual treatment for infants with elevated bilirubin levels is phototherapy.
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We have topical treatments, oral pills and phototherapy, which is light treatment.
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Finsen won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1903 for his work on phototherapy.
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A preterm baby is treated with phototherapy at Christiana Hospital.
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The newborns were in the phototherapy unit, where skin ailments are treated with light therapy.
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Patients were randomised to receive either home UVB phototherapy or hospital based phototherapy.
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Even within the same country, experts disagree about what phototherapy really is or really does.
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She said human clinical trials of nanoshell phototherapy for glioma are likely at least a year away.
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This is a fairly common condition, especially in premature newborn, and it is treated with phototherapy.
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- The use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn
- Light therapy or phototherapy, classically referred to as heliotherapy, consists of exposure to daylight or to specific wavelengths of light using polychromatic polarised light, lasers, light-emitting diodes, fluorescent lamps, dichroic lamps or very bright, full-spectrum light. The light is administered for a prescribed amount of time and, in some cases, at a specific time of day.
- Treatment with light. Prescription phototherapy exposes the baby's skin to special fluorescent lights. In mild cases of jaundice, exposing the baby's skin to sunlight (taking care to avoid sunburn) is sometimes recommended.
- Special lights used to treat jaundice.
- Ultraviolet light that is used in a treatment called phototherapy for certain skin conditions, including vitiligo.
- Using light to reduce the bilirubin level.
- Treatment with light. exposing the skin to ultraviolet light in carefully controlled doses. Treatment with artificial ultraviolet light.
- The use of light therapy to lower blood bilirubin levels. Infants are exposed to bright lights over hours or days. ...
- Treatment with light; for example, a newborn with jaundice may be put under light.
