Monochromatic excimer light (308 nm) in the treatment of prurigo nodularis

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-45

  Saraceno, Rosita ^a   Nisticò, Steven P ^a   Capriotti, Elisabetta ^a   De Felice, Catia ^a   Rhodes, Lesley E ^b   Chimenti, Sergio ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

308 nm; MEL; Prurigo nodularis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MONOCHROMATIC EXCIMER LIGHT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURIGO NODULARIS; RADIATION DOSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRURIGO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 38349011045     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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