Newly developed phototherapy for atopic dermatitis

Allergology International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Morita, Akimichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Narrow band UVB therapy; Phototherapy; Psoralens plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy; Ultraviolet A 1 (UVA1) therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FLUOCORTOLONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; SINGLET OXYGEN; STEROID; T6 ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHEMA; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 21144444350     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.54.175     Document Type: Review

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