Treatment of periungual vitiligo with Erbium-YAG-laser plus 5-flurouracil: A left to right comparative study

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Anbar, Tag ^a   Westerhof, Weite ^b   Abdel Rahman, Amal ^a   El Khayyat, Mohamed ^a   El Metwally, Yasser ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 flurouracil; Er:YAG laser; Periungual vitiligo

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE HYPERPIGMENTATION; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; APPLICATION SITE SWELLING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIZATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABSCESS; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 33745252813     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2006.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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