Ultraviolet B 308-nm excimer laser treatment of psoriasis: A new phototherapeutic approach

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1250-1258

  Gerber, W ^a   Arheilger, B ^a   Ha, T A ^a   Hermann, J ^a   Ockenfels, H M ^a  

^a Klinikum Stadt Hanau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer; Laser; MED I; Psoriasis; Ultrasound; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SAFETY; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SUNBURN; THICKNESS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0347986599     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2003.05709.x     Document Type: Article

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