Variables in full-body ultraviolet B treatment of skin diseases

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-169

  Wulf, Hans Christian ^a   Heydenreich, Jakob ^a   Philipsen, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Broad band UVB; Minimal erythema dose (MED); Narrow band UVB; Pigmentation; Standard erythema dose (SED); UVB phototherapy

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BURN; MINIMUM ERYTHEMA DOSE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STANDARD ERYTHEMA DOSE; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; HUMAN; SKIN DISEASES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77954074099     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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