Evaluation of PUVA bath phototoxicity

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 385-387

  Neumann, Norbert J ^a   Kerscher, Martina ^b   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Lehmann, Percy ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

8 methoxypsoralen; PUVA bath therapy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030920468     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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