• Medicine
• Published in The Journal of dermatology 2005
• DOI:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00847.x

Narrow-band UVB treatment of vitiligo in Chinese.

@article{Chen2005NarrowbandUT,
  title={Narrow-band UVB treatment of vitiligo in Chinese.},
  author={Guan-Yu Chen and Mark Ming-Long Hsu and Han-Kuo Tai and Tzu-Chieh Chou and Ching-Liang Tseng and Ho-Yuan Chang and Cheng-Che Eric Lan and Hamm-Ming Sheu},
  journal={The Journal of dermatology},
  year={2005},
  volume={32 10},
  pages={
          793-800
        }
}

• Guan-Yu Chen, Mark Ming-Long Hsu, +5 authors Hamm-Ming Sheu

Narrow-band ultraviolet B (NBUVB) phototherapy has recently been reported to be an effective and safe treatment modality for vitiligo. In the present report, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of NBUVB therapy for vitiligo in Chinese patients. Seventy-two vitiligo patients treated from 2000 to 2003, were included retrospectively (male: female=33:39, mean age: 38.5). Among them, 61 were non-segmental type and 11 the segmental type. Treatments were given two to three times a week for a maximum… CONTINUE READING

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