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Systemic or intra-articular injection of photosensitizer followed by illumination of the affected joint can destroy hyperplasic synovium, shut down neovasculature and kill host inflammatory cells such as macrophages, T lymphocytes or neutrophils responsible for the arthritic pathology.
