|Articles|August 31, 2018

Can phototherapy help prevent allergic skin disease? (VIDEO)

For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a study published in Neonatology, which studied 100,000 children via an insurance database to examine the impact of phototherapy on preventing atopic dermatitis.

For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a study published in Neonatology, which studied 100,000 children via an insurance database to examine the impact of phototherapy on preventing atopic dermatitis.

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