Treatment of localized vitiligo with targeted broadband UVB phototherapy: A pilot study

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-136

  Asawanonda, Pravit ^a   Charoenlap, Marisa ^a   Korkij, Wiwat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Targeted UVB; Ultraviolet; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 33744485068     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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