Effect of one session of ER:YAG laser ablation plus topical 5Fluorouracil on the outcome of short-term NB-UVB phototherapy in the treatment of non-segmental vitiligo: A left-right comparative study

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 322-329

  Anbar, Tag S ^a   Westerhof, Wiete ^b   Abdel Rahman, Amal T ^a   Ewis, Ashraf A ^a   El Khayyat, Mohamed A ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Color Foundation ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ER:YAG laser; Fluorouracil; NB UVB; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SKIN COLOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITILIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 56349125648     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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