Efficacy, predictors of response, and long-term follow-up in patients with vitiligo treated with narrowband UVB phototherapy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 274-278

  Nicolaidou, Electra ^a   Antoniou, Christina ^a   Stratigos, Alexander J ^a   Stefanaki, Christina ^a   Katsambas, Andreas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 33846038160     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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