Phototherapy in the management of atopic dermatitis: A systematic review

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 106-112

  Meduri, N Bhavani ^a,b   Vandergriff, Travis ^a,c   Rasmussen, Heather ^a   Jacobe, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Baylor College of Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; NBUVB; Phototherapy; UVA1; UVAB

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENTIGO; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; XEROSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 34447119086     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Review

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