Therapy-resistant psoriasis treated with alefacept and subsequent narrow band ultraviolet B phototherapy with total clearing of psoriasis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Scheinfeld, Noah ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEFACEPT; CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 24044534174     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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