Prospective randomized study on the efficacy of blue light in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris

Dermatology

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-259

  Weinstabl, Antonia ^a   Hoff Lesch, Susanne ^a   Merk, Hans F ^a   Von Felbert, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue light; Prospective randomized controlled trial; Psoriasis vulgaris

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; RETINOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355161991     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333364     Document Type: Article

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