Response of vitiligo to narrowband ultraviolet B and oral antioxidants

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 852-855

  Elgoweini, Maha ^a   Nour El Din, Nagwa ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacology; Clinical research; Dermatology; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITAMIN E; VITILIGO;

EID: 67650499582     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270009335769     Document Type: Article

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