Excimer laser versus narrow-band UVB (311 nm) in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris

Dermatology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-139

  Goldinger, Simone Maria ^a,b   Dummer, Reinhard ^a   Schmid, Peter ^b   Vavricka, Mareike Prinz ^a,b   Burg, Günter ^a   Läuchli, Severin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Haut und Lichtzentrum   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Psoriasis vulgaris; UVB narrow band phototherapy

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747035014     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093852     Document Type: Article

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