Outcomes of Pregnancies Among Women and Partners of Men with a History of Exposure to Methoxsalen Photochemotherapy (PUVA) for the Treatment of Psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 347-350

  Stern, Robert S ^a,b,c   Lange, Rudee ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ABORTION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TWINS;

EID: 0025978777     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1991.01680030067008     Document Type: Article

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