Narrow band UVB: Is it effective and safe for paediatric psoriasis and atopic dermatitis?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 727-729

  Pavlovsky, M ^a   Baum, S ^b   Shpiro, D ^b   Pavlovsky, L ^c   Pavlotsky, F ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

AD atopic dermatitis; MED Minimal erythematous dose; NBUVB Narrow band UVB

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURN; CHILD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NARROW BAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 79955884871     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03832.x     Document Type: Article

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