Randomized double-blind trial of the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis: Efficacy of psoralen-UV-A therapy vs narrowband UV-B therapy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 836-842

  Yones, Sami S ^a,b   Palmer, Roy A ^a   Garibaldinos, Trish T ^a   Hawk, John L M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FICUSIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33746073770     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.7.836     Document Type: Article

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