Successful treatment with narrowband UVB phototherapy in prurigo pigmentosa associated with pregnancy

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 634-635

  Jang, Min Su ^a   Baek, Jae Woo ^a   Kang, Dong Young ^a   Kang, Jin Seuk ^a   Kim, Sang Tae ^a   Suh, Kee Suck ^a  

^a Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; ERYTHEMA; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LETTER; NARROW BAND IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURIGO; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PRURITUS; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; BACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRURIGO; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 80052994532     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1409     Document Type: Letter

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