Narrowband UV-B phototherapy for the treatment of acne vulgaris during pregnancy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-539

  Zeichner, Joshua A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B PHOTOTHERAPY; PAPULE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN NODULE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 79956107300     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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