The treatment of severe atopic dermatitis in childhood with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Clayton, T H ^a,b   Clark, S M ^a   Turner, D ^a   Goulden, V ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33845806494     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02292.x     Document Type: Article

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