Treatment of oral lichen planus with the 308-nm UVB excimer laser - Early preliminary results in eight patients

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 158-160

  Köllner, Katja ^a   Wimmershoff, Monika ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer; Precancerous lesion; UVB

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSON FATOL; DAPSONE; ETRETIN; GRISEOFULVIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PIMECROLIMUS; SANDIMMUN OPTORAL; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0141962539     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10202     Document Type: Article

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