Burns caused by accidental overdose of photochemotherapy (PUVA)

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-375

  Herr, Hwan ^a   Cho, Hee Jin ^b   Yu, Seongcheol ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chunchon Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accidental overdose; Burns; Photochemotherapy (PUVA)

Indexed keywords

BERGAPTEN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; INDOMETACIN; METHOXSALEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSORALEN; QUINOLONE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORALENS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; VITILIGO;

EID: 33947238790     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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