Pulsed dye laser in the treatment of nail psoriasis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-381

  Oram, Yasemin ^a   Karincaòlu, Yelda ^b   Koyuncu, Erkan ^a   Kaharaman, Ferayi ^c  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PRIVATE PRACTICE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LASER; MALE; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL PSORIASIS; ONYCHOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; PULSE RATE; PULSED DYE LASER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; MALE; NAIL DISEASES; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749270921     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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