308-nm excimer laser for the treatment of localized vitiligo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 658-662

  Taneja, Atul ^a   Trehan, Manju ^a   Taylor, Charles R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCIMER LASER; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITILIGO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 0041887049     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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