Paired comparison of bathwater versus oral delivery of 8-methoxypsoralen in psoralen plus ultraviolet A therapy for chronic palmoplantar psoriasis

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Hofer, A ^a   Fink Puches, R ^a   Kerl, H ^a   Quehenberger, F ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

8 methoxypsoralen; Bath PUVA; Oral PUVA; Palmoplantar psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOXSALEN; SALICYLIC ACID; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PRURITUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BATHS; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646681233     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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