Treatment of refractory solar urticaria with plasma exchange

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 236-238

  Bissonnette, Robert ^a   Buskard, Noel ^a   McLean, David I ^a   Lui, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SOLAR URTICARIA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0033042551     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549900300503     Document Type: Article

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