Towards optimal regimens for the UVB phototherapy of psoriasis: A mathematical model

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-264

  Diffey, Brian L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS CELL; ERYTHEMA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 3242715080     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410029288     Document Type: Article

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