High-dose ultraviolet A1 (UVA1) phototherapy: Does it work?

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 78-81

  Krutmann, J ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; High dose ultraviolet A1 (UVA1) phototherapy; Localized schleroderma; Urticaria pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCLERODERMA; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030726823     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1997.tb00117.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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