UVA1 phototherapy for disseminated granuloma annulare

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 68-71

  Schnopp, Cristina ^a,d   Tzaneva, S ^b   Mempel, M ^a   Schulmeister, K ^c   Abeck, D ^a   Tanew, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d Dept Dermatol/Allergy Biederstein ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Disseminated granuloma annulare; Phototherapy; Treatment; UVA1

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 15844395229     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2005.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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