Clinical study of repigmentation patterns with either narrow-band ultraviolet B (NBUVB) or 308 nm excimer laser treatment in Korean vitiligo patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Yang, Yun Seok ^a   Cho, Hee Ryung ^a   Ryou, Ji Ho ^b   Lee, Mu Hyoung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Anacli Dermatologic Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH KOREA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949900151     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04332.x     Document Type: Article

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