Reflectance confocal microscopy: An effective tool for monitoring ultraviolet B phototherapy in psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 396-403

  Wolberink, E A W ^a   Van Erp, P E J ^a   De Boer Van Huizen, R T ^a   Van De Kerkhof, P C M ^a   Gerritsen, M J P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; FILAGGRIN; HEMATOXYLIN; K16 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; T6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; IRRADIATION; MALE; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PARAKERATOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SKIN ABSCESS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84864415184     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10988.x     Document Type: Article

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