Narrowband UVB phototherapy in children: A New Zealand experience

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-273

  Tan, Eugene ^a   Lim, David ^a   Rademaker, Marius ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; narrowband UVB; paediatric; phototherapy; psoriasis; ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHEA; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PRURIGO; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 78649294898     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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