Progressive extragenital lichen sclerosus successfully treated with narrowband UV-B phototherapy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-20

  Colbert, Rand L ^a   Chiang, Melissa P ^a   Carlin, Christopher S ^a   Fleming, Matthew ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33846404202     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.1.19     Document Type: Article

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