Foil bath PUVA in the treatment of prurigo simplex subacuta

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-320

  Streit, Volker ^a   Thiede, Rainer ^a   Wiedow, Oliver ^a   Christophers, Enno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

8 MOP; Bath therapy; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATHS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; PRURIGO; PUVA THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REMISSION INDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0030018541     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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