Efficacy of 308-nm excimer light for Japanese patients with psoriasis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 579-582

  Niwa, Yusuke ^a   Hasegawa, Toshio ^a   Ko, Subin ^a   Okuyama, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohtsuki, Akiko ^a   Takagi, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Shigaku ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excimer light; Psoriasis; Target irradiation

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; PSORALEN; RETINOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 70350650565     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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