A randomized comparison of methods of selecting narrowband UV-B starting dose to treat chronic psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Dawe, Robert S ^a   Cameron, Heather M ^a   Yule, Susan ^a   Ibbotson, Sally H ^a   Moseley, Harry H ^a   Ferguson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIXED STARTING DOSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL ERYTHEMAL DOSE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS DISABILITY INDEX; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 79952034102     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.286     Document Type: Article

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