Narrow-band (311 nm) UVB phototherapy: An audit of the first year's experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 82-84

  Alora, M B T ^a   Taylor, C R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrow band UVB

Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PSORIASIS; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0030728082     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1997.tb00118.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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