Phototherapy in childhood

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-605

  Ersoy Evans, Sibel ^a   Altaykan, Asli ^a   Şahin, Sedef ^a   Kölemen, Fikret ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARROW BAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; PARAPSORIASIS LICHENOIDES; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FICUSIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 57049138165     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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