A left-right comparison of UVB phototherapy and topical photochemotherapy in bilateral chronic hand dermatitis after 6 weeks' treatment

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-10

  Simons, J R ^a   Bohnen, I J W E ^a   Van Der Valk, P G M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0030798752     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1997.1640585.x     Document Type: Article

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