A review of targeted ultraviolet B phototherapy for psoriasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 664-672

  Mudigonda, Tejaswi ^a   Dabade, Tushar S ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; efficacy; equipment; excimer; localized psoriasis; mechanism

Indexed keywords

BLISTER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; EXCIMER NONLASER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; NONEXCIMER LIGHT DEVICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; REVIEW; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN EROSION; SKIN INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84858332802     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.07.011     Document Type: Review

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