Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of folliculitis decalvans

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-104

  Castaño Suárez, Esther ^a   Romero Maté, Alberto ^a   Arias Palomo, Dolores ^a   Borbujo, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folliculitis decalvans; Photodynamic therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; ISOTRETINOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLICULITIS DECALVANS; GIANT CELL; HAIR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; PUSTULE; RELAPSE; SCALP; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84858259252     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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