Efficacy of UVA1 phototherapy in 230 patients with various skin diseases

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Rombold, Stephanie ^a   Lobisch, K ^a   Katzer, K ^a   Grazziotin, T C ^a   Ring, J ^a   Eberlein, B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Phototherapy; Scleroderma; UVA1 therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; RADIATION DOSE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; ULTRAVIOLET A1 PHOTOTHERAPY; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 38349032842     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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