Optimal weekly frequency of 308-nm excimer laser treatment in vitiligo patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 981-985

  Hofer, A ^a   Hassan, A S ^a   Legat, F J ^a   Kerl, H ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Frequency; Therapy; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 18944369026     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06321.x     Document Type: Article

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