Successful treatment of scleroderma with PUVA therapy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 455-459

  Kanekura, Takuro ^a   Fukumaru, Seita ^a   Matsushita, Shigeto ^a   Terasaki, Kenjiro ^a   Mizoguchi, Shimako ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

PUVA; scleroderma

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHEA; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029777347     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1996.tb04054.x     Document Type: Article

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