Treatment of vitiligo using the 308-nm excimer laser

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 354-357

  Hadi, Suhail ^a   Tinio, Patricia ^a   Al Ghaithi, Khalid ^a   Al Qari, Haitham ^a   Al Helalat, Mohammad ^a   Lebwohl, Mark ^a   Spencer, James ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER SURGERY; XENON;

EXCIMER LASER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO; XENON CHLORIDE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORIDES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITILIGO; XENON;

EID: 33746353708     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.354     Document Type: Review

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