Narrowband UVB and cream psoralen-UVA combination therapy for plaque-type psoriasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 734-739

  Grundmann Kollmann, Marcella ^a   Ludwig, Ralf ^a   Zollner, Thomas M ^a   Ochsendorf, Falk ^a   Thaci, Diamant ^a   Boehncke, Wolf Henning ^a   Krutmann, Jean ^b   Kaufmann, Roland ^a   Podda, Maurizio ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 2342618268     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)00792-8     Document Type: Article

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