Evaluation of the effect of disease duration in generalized vitiligo on its clinical response to narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 115-119

  Hallaji, Zahra ^a   Ghiasi, Maryam ^a   Eisazadeh, Ayat ^a   Rayati Damavandi, Maede ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disease duration; NB UVB; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B PHOTOTHERAPY; OPEN STUDY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860466949     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2012.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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