Treatment of persistent severe atopic dermatitis in 113 Japanese patients with oral psoralen photo-chemotherapy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 450-457

  Uetsu, Naoko ^a   Horio, Takeshi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Oral PUVA; Photochemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOXSALEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPULE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PUVA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0038608972     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00415.x     Document Type: Article

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