What is the most common phototherapy prescription for psoriasis: NB-UVB or PUVA? Prescription behavior;Qual é o tipo de fototerapia mais comumente indicada no tratamento da psoríase? UVB banda estreita e PUVA: Comportamento da prescrição

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Duarte, Ida ^a,b,c   Da Cunha, José Antonio Jabur ^b   Bedrikow, Roberta Buense ^b   Lazzarini, Rosana ^b  

^a Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Phototherapy; Psoriasis; PUVA therapy; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PSORIASIS; PUVA; SCHOOL CHILD; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 70349244846     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962009000300005     Document Type: Article

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