Low-dose broad-band UVA in morphea using a new method for evaluation

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 43-49

  El Mofty, Medhat ^a   Zaher, H ^a   Bosseila, M ^a   Yousef, R ^a   Saad, B ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Broad band UVA; Image analyze; Morphea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHEA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0034017066     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2000.d01-1.x     Document Type: Article

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