Comparative efficacy of psoralen - UVA photochemotherapy versus narrow band UVB phototherapy in the treatment of psoriasis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 593-595

  Tahir, Raheel ^a,b   Mujtaba, Ghulam ^a  

^a NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Narrow band UVB; Psoriasis; PUVA

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 7244250202     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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