An appraisal of narrowband (TL-01) UVB phototherapy. British Photodermatology Group Workshop Report (April 1996)

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-330

  Bilsland, D ^a   Dawe, R ^a   Diffey, B L ^a   Farr, P ^a   Ferguson, J ^a,b   George, S ^a   Gibbs, N K ^a   Green, C ^a   Mcgregor, J ^a   Van Weelden, H ^a   Wainwright, N J ^a   Young, A R ^a  

^a Ninewells Hosp and Medical School ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DITHRANOL; DNA; METHOXSALEN; RETINOID; TAR; UROCANIC ACID;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RADIATION DETECTOR; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SPECTROSCOPY; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 9844246981     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03733.x     Document Type: Review

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