Case of leukoderma punctata after topical PUVA treatment

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-139

  Park, Jung Hun ^a   Lee, Mu Hyoung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELANIN; PROTEIN S 100; PSORALEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; LENTIGO; LEUKODERMA; MELANOCYTE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUVA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FICUSIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PUVA THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITILIGO;

EID: 1342290401     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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