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Previous articles have reported success in treating recalcitrant skin disorders such as atopic dermatitis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content>), psoriasis, pityriasis lichenoides chronica, and vitiligo in children.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This was a retrospective review over an 18\u2010month period from June 2012 to December 2013 of all children receiving phototherapy in a tertiary pediatric dermatology center.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seventy\u2010five patients 3 to 17 years of age (mean 10.6 years; 35 male, 40 female) were included. Forty\u2010eight (64%) patients had <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content> and 21 (28%) had psoriasis. Seventy received narrowband ultraviolet B (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NBUVB<\/jats:styled-content>) treatment and five received hand and foot psoralen and ultraviolet A (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PUVA<\/jats:styled-content>) treatment. All patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content> were treated with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NBUVB<\/jats:styled-content> and four (8.3%) were also treated with hand <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PUVA<\/jats:styled-content>. After phototherapy, 76% had documented clear to almost clear skin. At the 12\u2010month follow\u2010up, 52% of the patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content> remained clear. All 21 patients with psoriasis underwent <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NBUVB<\/jats:styled-content> phototherapy. The clearance rate after phototherapy was 86%. 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