Comparison of oral psoralen-UV-A with a portable tanning unit at home vs hospital-administered bath psoralen-UV-A in patients with chronic hand eczema: An open-label randomized controlled trial of efficacy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1463-1466

  Van Coevorden, A Marco ^a   Kamphof, Willeke G ^b   Van Sonderen, Eric ^c   Bruynzeel, Derk P ^b   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN; TRIOXYSALEN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DESQUAMATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PORTABLE TANNING UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FISSURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BATHS; CAPSULES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344250500     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.12.1463     Document Type: Article

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