Letter: Infrared irradiation as an adjuvant therapy in recalcitrant alopecia areata: Communications and brief reports

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 721-723

  Tzung, Tien Yi ^a,b   Chen, Ching Yin ^a   Kao, Fu Jen ^b   Chen, Wen Chieh ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENCYPRONE; DITHRANOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MINOXIDIL; PSORALEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALOPECIA AREATA; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LETTER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALOPECIA AREATA; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 64349106064     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01120.x     Document Type: Letter

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