Influence of narrowband UVB phototherapy on vitamin D and folate status

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Cicarma, Emanuela ^a   Mørk, Cato ^a   Porojnicu, Alina Carmen ^a   Juzeniene, Asta ^a   Tam, Tran Thi Thu ^a   Dahlback, Arne ^b   Moan, Johan ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Folate; Narrowband UVB; Phototherapy; Psoriasis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITILIGO;

EID: 77954845112     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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