Dramatic response of chronic ulcerating necrobiosis lipoidica to ultraviolet A1 phototherapy

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 327-329

  Radakovic, Sonja ^a   Weber, Marko ^b   Tanew, Adrian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Seibersdorf Labor GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ulcerating necrobiosis lipoidica; UVA1 phototherapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN GRAFT; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN ULCER; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 78649511790     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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