Vitiligo treatment in childhood: A state of the art review

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-445

  Tamesis, Marion Eunice B ^a   Morelli, Joseph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIPOTRIOL; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; HYDROQUINONE; PHENYLALANINE; PIMECROLIMUS; PSORALEN; TACROLIMUS;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUSHING DISEASE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; GLAUCOMA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PUVA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURGERY; STRIA; SUCTION BLISTERING; SUNLIGHT; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; XEROSIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; PUVA THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 77957306549     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01159.x     Document Type: Review

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