Phototesting prior to narrowband (TL-01) ultraviolet B phototherapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 811-814

  Gordon, P M ^a   Saunders, P J ^b   Diffey, B L ^b   Farr, P M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; DEVICE; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0031796940     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02505.x     Document Type: Article

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