Dead Sea treatment - Principle for outpatient use in atopic dermatitis: Safety and efficacy of synchronous balneophototherapy using narrowband UVB and bathing in Dead Sea salt solution

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 543-548

  Schiffner, Roman ^a   Schiffner Rohe, Julia ^a   Gerstenhauer, Marco ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Hofstädter, Ferdinand ^a   Stolz, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

According to protocol; Atopic dermatitis; Dead Sea salt; Intention to treat; Narrowband UVB; Outpatient balneophototherapy

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BALNEOTHERAPY; BURN; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTOTHERAPY; SAFETY; SEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BALNEOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; SALTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0036860273     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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