Punchgraft testing in vitiligo; Effects of UVA, NB-UVB and 632.8 nm Helium-Neon laser on the outcome

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1236-1237

  Wind, B S ^a   Meesters, A A ^a   Kroon, M W ^a   Beek, J F ^a   Van Der Veen, J P W ^a,b   Nieuweboer Krobotova L ^a,b   Bos, J D ^a   Wolkerstorfer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HELIUM NEON LASER; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LETTER; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCHGRAFT; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN GRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 80053030078     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03874.x     Document Type: Letter

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