Bath psoralen+ultraviolet A photochemotherapy vs. narrow band-ultraviolet B in psoriasis: A comparison of clinical outcome and effect on circulating T-helper and T-suppressor/cytotoxic cells

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 235-242

  Salem, Samar Abdallah Mohamed ^a   El Tohami Barakat, Mohammad Ahmad ^a   Morcos, Christina Mohsen Zaki Metry ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bath PUVA; Narrow band ultraviolet B; Psoriasis; T cells

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFUR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PUVA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPPRESSOR CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATHS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956461437     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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