Curbing the psoriasis cascade: Therapies to minimize flares and frustration

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Shenenberger, Donald W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEFACEPT; ALUMINUM ACETATE SOLUTION; CALCIPOTRIOL; COAL TAR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DITHRANOL; EFALIZUMAB; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ETANERCEPT; ETRETIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; TAZAROTENE;

DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHRODERMA; FRUSTRATION; GENITAL PSORIASIS; HUMAN; INVERSE PSORIASIS; NAIL PSORIASIS; OAT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS GUTTATA; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUVA; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 19944380133     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2005.05.1641     Document Type: Review

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