A clinical trial and molecular study of photoadaptation in vitiligo

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-539

  Hexsel, C L ^a   Mahmoud, B H ^a   Mitchell, D ^b   Rivard, J ^a   Owen, M ^a   Strickland, F M ^a,c   Lim, H W ^a   Hamzavi, I ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers; Photoadaptation; Phototherapy; Ultraviolet B; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

DNA; PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 60449117117     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08943.x     Document Type: Article

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