The effect of 308nm excimer laser on segmental vitiligo: A retrospective study of 80 patients with segmental vitiligo

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 147-151

  Do, Jeong Eun ^a   Shin, Jae Yong ^a   Kim, Do Young ^a   Hann, Seung Kyung ^b   Oh, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Drs Woo and Hann's Skin Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Segmental type; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEGMENTAL VITILIGO; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 79955612874     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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