Psoralen-ultraviolet A vs. narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy for the treatment of vitiligo

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-177

  Parsad, D ^a   Kanwar, A J ^a   Kumar, B ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Narrowband UVB; PUVA; Treatment; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUVA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 33646250912     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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