Efficacy of Narrow - Band UVB Phototherapy versus PUVA Chemophototherapy for Psoriasis in Vietnamese Patients
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Narrow band UVB phototherapy in dermatology.
The first report of the use of ‘phototherapy’ in the treatment of skin disorders dates from 1400 BC from India when patients with vitiligo were given certain plant extracts (whose active ingredients included psoralens) and then exposed to the sun. The real interest in the use of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in the treatment of various skin diseases started in the 19 century when Niels Finsen re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1857-9655
DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.057