photopheresisn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈfɛrᵻsɪs/, /ˌfəʊtəʊfəˈriːsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdəfəˈrisɪs/, /ˈˌfoʊdəˈfɛrəsɪs/ Medicine.
More fully extracorporeal photopheresis. Photodynamic therapy of blood as it circulates outside the body, used esp. in the treatment of certain haematological malignancies and autoimmune disorders.
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1984 R. L. Edelson in Trans Amer. Soc. Artificial Internal Organs 30 674 During the past 3 yrs, our group has had experience with an exciting new therapeutic modality, extracorporeal photopheresis.
1991 New Scientist 10 Aug. 19/2 The researchers..from Royal Melbourne Hospital are using a technique called photopheresis to treat IDD [= insulin-dependent diabetes].
1993 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90 6781/2 She was admitted to Yale/New Haven Hospital for routine monthly extracorporeal photopheresis treatments.
2004 European Respiratory Jrnl. 23 159 The treatment of chronic rejection remains deceptive and includes..total lymphoid irradiation and photopheresis.
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