Dermatologists' views and opinions about photo(chemo)therapy and conventional systemic psoriasis therapies: Results from a Belgian survey

Dermatology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-133

  Nijsten, Tamar ^a,b   Lambert, Julien ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dermatologists' opinion survey; Psoriasis, systemic treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ETRETIN; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33747082370     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093851     Document Type: Article

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