Folliculocentric hyperkeratotic lichen sclerosus in a 7-year-old child successfully treated with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy
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Progressive extragenital lichen sclerosus successfully treated with narrowband UV-B phototherapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0307-6938
DOI: 10.1111/ced.13216