Excimer laser treatment of vitiligo - Critical retrospective assessment of own results and literature overview;Excimer-laser bei vitiligo - Kritische wertung eigener retrospektiver behandlungsergebnisse und literaturübersicht

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Greve, Bärbel ^a   Raulin, Christian ^a   Fischer, Edda ^a  

^a LASERKLINIK KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

308 nm excimer laser; Localized vitiligo; NB UVB; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KNEE; MALE; NECK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 33645241882     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2006.05879.x     Document Type: Article

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