Granulomatous slack skin responds to UVA1 phototherapy

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-271

  Oberholzer, Patrick A ^a,b,c   Cozzio, Antonio ^a   Dummer, Reinhard ^a   French, Lars E ^a   Hofbauer, Günther F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Granulomatous slack skin; Ultraviolet A1 phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS SLACK SKIN; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A1 PHOTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 70350259635     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226135     Document Type: Article

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