Comparison of systemic PUVA and NB-UVB in the treatment of vitiligo: An open prospective study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 638-642

  Bhatnagar, A ^a   Kanwar, A J ^a   Parsad, D ^a   De, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Comparison; Mean repigmentation; NB UVB; Systemic PUVA

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLPSORALEN;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOGRAPHISM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URTICARIA; VITILIGO; XEROSIS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 34250339598     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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