A comparative study on the efficacy of treatment with 585 nm pulsed dye laser and ultraviolet B-TL01 in plaque type psoriasis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-91

  De Leeuw, Jaap ^a,b   Van Lingen, Rosanne G ^c   Both, Hilde ^a   Tank, Bhupendra ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^a   Martino Neumann, H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ZBC MultiCare   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; PAIN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; SAFETY; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 58149301659     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34386.x     Document Type: Article

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