Narrow band ultraviolet B 311 nm in the treatment of vitiligo: Two right-left comparison studies

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-11

  El Mofty, Medhat ^a,b   Mostafa, W ^a   Esmat, S ^a   Youssef, R ^a   Azzam, O ^a   Hunter, N ^a   El Hanafi, G ^a   Fawzi, M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Comparison; NB UVB 311 nm; PUVA; PUVB; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; METHOXSALEN; ULTRA MELADININ;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 33646685252     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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