Treatment of palmoplantar psoriasis with monochromatic excimer light (308-nm) versus cream PUVA

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-24

  Neumann, Norbert J ^a   Mahnke, Natalia ^a   Korpusik, Dorothea ^a   Stege, Helger ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Psoralens; Psoriasis; UVA; UVB

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PSORALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENT; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FICUSIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33744741928     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0002     Document Type: Article

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