Efficacy of narrowband ultraviolet B twice weekly for hypopigmented mycosis fungoides in Asians

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-152

  Kanokrungsee, S ^a   Rajatanavin, N ^a   Rutnin, S ^a   Vachiramon, V ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857368883     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04197.x     Document Type: Article

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