Evaluation of topical antipsoriatic treatment by chromametry, visiometry and 20-mhz ultrasound in the psoriasis plaque test

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 298-306

  Bangha, E ^a   Elsner, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

20 MHz; Betamethasone; Bioengineering methods; Calcipotriol; Chromametry; Nanocolloid gel; Psoriasis; Ultrasound; Visiometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CALCIPOTRIOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CALCITRIOL; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN COLOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASOUND; AGED; COLORIMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE 17-VALERATE; CALCITRIOL; COLORIMETRY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0029657883     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000211428     Document Type: Article

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