Narrow-Band UV-B Treatment in the Early Stages of Mycosis Fungoides
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[Narrow-band UV-B treatment in the early stages of mycosis fungoides].
Skin-directed therapies are used for early-stage mycosis fungoides, and include topical corticosteroids, carmustine, and nitrogen mustard, psoralen with UV-A (PUVA) photochemotherapy and, more recently, narrowband UV-B phototherapy.1-4 We performed a retrospective study of patients with early-stage (IA and IIB) mycosis fungoides who were treated with narrowband UV-B in the Dermatology Departmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1578-2190
DOI: 10.1016/s1578-2190(11)70775-2