Treatment of vitiligo with broadband ultraviolet B and vitamins

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-65

  Don, Philip ^a,b,c   Iuga, Aurel ^a,b,c   Dacko, Anne ^a,b,c,d   Hardick, Kathleen ^a,b,c  

^a METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Dermatology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLISHING; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITAMIN B 12; VITILIGO;

EID: 33645963128     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02447.x     Document Type: Article

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