Treatment with UV-B for psoriasis and nonmelanoma skin cancer: A systematic review of the literature

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 834-840

  Pasker De Jong, Pieternel C M ^a   Wielink, Gina ^a   Van Der Valk, Pieter G M ^b   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHRANOL;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PSORIASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0032789346     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.7.834     Document Type: Review

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