Ultraviolet-B treatment for cutaneous lichen planus: Our experience with 50 patients

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Pavlotsky, Felix ^a,b   Nathansohn, Nir ^a,b   Kriger, Grigory ^a,b   Shpiro, Dorit ^a,b   Trau, Henri ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broad band UVB; Lichen planus; Narrow band UVB; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; RETINOID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 41149100672     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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