Narrow-band (TL-01) ultraviolet B phototherapy for chronic plaque psoriasis: Three times or five times weekly treatment?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 833-839

  Dawe, R S ^a   Wainwright, N J ^a   Cameron, H ^a   Ferguson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0031780746     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02221.x     Document Type: Article

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