Excimer laser therapy (308 nm) for mycosis fungoides palmaris et plantaris: A skin-directed and anatomically feasible treatment

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 651-653

  Jin, S P ^a   Jeon, Y K ^a   Cho, K H ^a   Chung, J H ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

308 nm laser; excimer laser; mycosis fungoides palmaris et plantaris

Indexed keywords

DESOXIMETASONE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCIMER LASER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES PALMARIS ET PLANTARIS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STEROID THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORINGER KOLOPP DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955856385     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09793.x     Document Type: Letter

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