Treatment of early stages of mycosis fungoides with narrowband ultraviolet B: A clinical, histological and molecular evaluation of results

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Dereure, Olivier ^a   Picot, Eric ^a   Comte, Christelle ^a   Bessis, Didier ^a   Guillot, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Early stages; Molecular analysis; Mycosis fungoides; Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 58149104383     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000161114     Document Type: Article

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