UVB therapy of pityriasis lichenoides - Our experience with 29 patients

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 542-547

  Pavlotsky, Felix ^a   Baum, S ^a   Barzilai, A ^a   Shpiro, D ^a   Trau, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Narrow and broad band UVB; Phototherapy; Pityriasis lichenoides

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33646029386     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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