Narrow band UVB (311 nm) phototherapy and PUVA photochemotherapy: A combination

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 687-690

  Calzavara Pinton, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PUVA; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0031901127     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(98)70214-2     Document Type: Article

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