Generalized pruritus treated with narrowband UVB

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-370

  Seckin, Dilek ^a,b,c   Demircay, Zeynep ^a,b   Akin, Ozlem ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Libadiye caddesi Goztepe Soyak Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 34247159168     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03048.x     Document Type: Article

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