The efficacy of excimer laser (308 nm) for vitiligo at different body sites

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 558-564

  Hofer, Angelika ^a   Hassan, A S ^a   Legat, F J ^a   Kerl, H ^a   Wolf, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Follow up; Localization; Therapy; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; XENON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUVA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; VITILIGO; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 33646053790     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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