Evaluation of the effects of NB-UVB in both segmental and non-segmental vitiligo affecting different body sites

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-163

  Anbar, T S ^a   Westerhof, W ^b   Abdel Rahman, Amal T ^a,c   El Khayyat, M A ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NB UVB; Segmental vitiligo; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 33744504494     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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