Comparison of the 308-nm excimer laser with the 308-nm excimer lamp in the treatment of vitiligo - a randomized bilateral comparison study

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-33

  Shi, Qiong ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Fu, Jun ^a   Wang, Yanchun ^a   Ma, Cuiling ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Li, Chunying ^a   Gao, Tianwen ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

308 nm excimer lamp; 308 nm excimer laser; Therapy; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LAMP; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRADIATION; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PIGMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; MALE; VITILIGO;

EID: 84871882854     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12015     Document Type: Article

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