Feasibility and accuracy of a newly developed hand-held device with a flat-type fluorescent lamp for measuring the minimal erythema dose for narrow-band UVB therapy

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-44

  Morita, Akimichi ^a   Shintani, Yoichi ^a   Nishida, Emi ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Hisashi ^b   Minamoto, Maki ^b   Yamaguchi, Yuji ^a   Maeda, Akira ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Minimal erythema dose; Narrow band UVB; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 58149523180     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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