Comparison of the efficacy of local narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy versus psoralen plus ultraviolet a (PUVA) paint for palmoplantar psoriasis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 435-440

  Sezer, Engin ^a   Erbil, Ahmet Hakan ^b   Kurumlu, Zafer ^b   Taştan, Halis Bülent ^b   Etikan, Ilker ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Local psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA); Narrowband ultraviolet B (NB UVB); Palmoplantar psoriasis; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; PUVA; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; XEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 34250696445     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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