Vitamin D serum level changes in psoriatic patients treated with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy are related to the season of the irradiation

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Lesiak, Aleksandra ^a   Narbutt, Joanna ^a   Pawlaczyk, Mariola ^b   Sysa Jedrzejowska, Anna ^a   Krzyścin, Janusz ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Narrow band UVB; Phototherapy; Psoriasis; Solar UV; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 81355124117     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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