Effective treatment of scalp psoriasis using the excimer (308 nm) laser

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 181-183

  Morison, Warwick L ^a   Atkinson, Darleen F ^a   Werthman, Lucille ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins Green Spring   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser; Psoriasis; Scalp

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33746238745     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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