Calcipotriol and PUVA as treatment for vitiligo

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 26-31

  Cherif, F ^a   Azaiz, M I ^a   Hamida, A Ben ^b   Dhari, A Ben Osman ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PUVA; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITILIGO;

EID: 3142616823     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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