Broadband ultraviolet a in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1157-1164

  El Mofty, Medhat ^a   Mostafa, Wedad Z ^a   Yousef, Randa ^a   Abdel Halim, Mona R E ^a   El Hawary, Marwa ^a   Abdel Kader, Hanaa ^b   Assaad, Soheir ^b   Ghannam, Bahaa B ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PSORALEN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BROADBAND ULTRAVIOLET A; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84906270888     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12317     Document Type: Article

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