Targeted broadband ultraviolet B phototherapy produces similar responses to targeted narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy for vitiligo: A randomized, double-blind study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-381

  Asawanonda, Pravit ^a   Kijluakiat, Jirasin ^a   Korkij, Wiwat ^a   Sindhupak, Wannasri ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Broadband UVB; Narrowband UVB; Targeted phototherapy; Ultraviolet; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROADBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 47749117626     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0469     Document Type: Article

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