Successful Treatment of Disseminated Granuloma Annulare With Narrowband UV-B Phototherapy
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Successful Treatment of Disseminated Granuloma Annulare With Narrowband UV-B Phototherapy.
Disseminated granuloma annulare (DGA) is an inflammatory disease that tends to follow a chronic course and is resistant to multiple treatments. We report the case of a 80-year-old woman with asymptomatic lesions that had developed 3 years earlier. The lesions initially developed on the arms, later spreading to the abdomen, back, and legs, and improved during the summer months. The patient had u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1578-2190
DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2015.01.014