Efficacy of excimer light therapy (308nm) for palmoplantar pustulosis with the induction of circulating regulatory T cells

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 768-770

  Furuhashi, Takuya ^a   Torii, Kan ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Nishida, Emi ^a   Saito, Chiyo ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excimer light; Open label study; Palmoplantar pustulosis; Regulatory T cells; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; LETTER; PALMOPLANTAR PUSTULOSIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PHOTOTHERAPY; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCORING SYSTEM; TH17 CELL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 80051667068     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01316.x     Document Type: Letter

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