Photochemotherapy for vitiligo: Seven years' experience at a university hospital

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-178

  Al Khawajah, M M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030884593     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.175     Document Type: Article

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