Targeted and combination treatments for vitiligo: Comparative evaluation of different current modalities in 458 subjects

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Lotti, Torello ^a   Buggiani, Gionata ^a   Troiano, Michela ^a   Assad, Gelareh Bani ^a   Delescluse, Jacques ^b   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Hercogova, Jana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Brussels Clinic for Skin Diseases   (Belgium)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Combination treatments; Hypopigmentation; Microphototherapy; Ultraviolet B; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CALCIPOTRIOL; PHENYLALANINE; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN ATROPHY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETAMETHASONE; CALCITRIOL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLALANINE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47749148862     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2008.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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