Recent onset vitiligo on acral areas treated with phototherapy: Need of early treatment

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 266-268

  Lee, Dong Youn ^a   Kim, Cho Rok ^a   Lee, Joo Heung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acral; Phototherapy; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 77956485241     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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