title: [Efficacy and safety of 308 nm excimer laser for vitiligo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the efficacy and safety of the 308 nm excimer laser for the treatment of vitiligo.
  
  
  METHODS
  We treated 170 patients with stable vitiligo by using the 308 nm excimer laser. The lesions of vitiligo were treated one to two times per week for 10-30 times. Efficacies were evaluated every 7 days and 3 days after the treatments were completed. Patients were followed up for two months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rates of "remarkably improved" and "cured" were 67.97% and 32.03% in faces, 54.55% and 27.27% in necks, 63.26% and 26.53% in trunks, 38.84% and 15.70% in limbs, and 0 and 0 in hands and feet. The areas of faces had a better response than those of necks, trunks, or limbs (P < 0.01), and the areas of trunks or limbs had better response than that of hands and feet (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 308 nm excimer laser is safe and effective in treating stable vitiligo and the efficacy varies in different lesion sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China. whwtyw@263.net
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ya-Gang
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authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Hong-Zhong
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authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yue-Hua
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dong-Lai
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authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Guo-Tiao
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authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hong-Chun
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jie
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan
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authors.lastname: Yan