Psoralen-narrowband UVB phototherapy for the treatment of vitiligo in comparison to narrowband UVB alone

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 311-317

  Bansal, Shivani ^a   Sahoo, Bijaylaxmi ^a   Garg, Vijay ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

NBUVB; Psoralen NBUVB; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; MELANOCYL; METHOXSALEN; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION PHOTOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NECK; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORALEN NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

NBUVB; PSORALEN-NBUVB; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FICUSIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 84887402685     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12072     Document Type: Article

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