Phototherapy as a useful therapeutic option in the treatment of diphenylcyclopropenone-induced vitiligo

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 642-643

  Ganzetti, Giulia ^a   Simonetti, Oriana ^a   Campanati, Anna ^a   Giuliodori, Katia ^a   Offidani, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPHENCYPRONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CYCLOPROPANES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 78649711786     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0885     Document Type: Letter

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