A 308-nm Excimer Laser for the Treatment of Scalp Psoriasis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-140

  Taylor, Charles R ^a   Racette, Ashley L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrowband phototherapy; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PYRITHIONE ZINC; SHAMPOO; TAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SAFETY; SCALP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SCALP DERMATOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542313833     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10218     Document Type: Article

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