Targeted UV-B phototherapy for plaque-type psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1542-1546

  Asawanonda, Pravit ^a,b   Chingchai, Akkrawat ^a   Torranin, Pawinee ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 29144472409     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.12.1542     Document Type: Article

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