Treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with narrow-band UVB and topical maxacalcitol [12]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-376

  Takekoshi, Tomonori ^a   Asahina, Akihiko ^a   Komine, Mayumi ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

22 OXACALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; PETROLATUM; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; OINTMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANK SUM TEST; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CALCITRIOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33746507878     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0081     Document Type: Letter

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