Successful treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with targeted narrow-band ultraviolet B therapy using a new flat-type fluorescent lamp

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 248-250

  Nishida, Emi ^a   Furuhashi, Takuya ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneko, Natsumi ^a   Shintani, Yoichi ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Narrow band UVB; Psoriasis; Target type

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 80053336569     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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