Clinical efficacy of a 308 nm excimer laser for treatment of psoriasis vulgaris

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 238-241

  He, Yan Ling ^a   Zhang, Xiu Ying ^a   Dong, Jie ^a   Xu, Jun Zhu ^a   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

308 nm; Excimer laser; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS;

EID: 35848954950     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2007.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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