Comparison of the 308-nm excimer laser and a 308-nm excimer lamp with 311-nm narrowband ultraviolet B in the treatment of psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 750-754

  Köllner, Katja ^a   Wimmershoff, M B ^a   Hintz, C ^a   Landthaler, M ^a   Hohenleutner, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Psoriasis; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCIMER LAMP; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 17644393510     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06533.x     Document Type: Article

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