Parametric modeling of narrowband UV-B phototherapy for vitiligo, using a novel quantitative tool: The vitiligo area scoring index

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 677-683

  Hamzavi, Iltefat ^a,b   Jain, Hem ^a,c   McLean, David ^a   Shapiro, Jerry ^a   Zeng, Haishan ^a   Lui, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUVA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AGED; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 2942577477     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.6.677     Document Type: Article

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