Comparison of the efficacy of calcipotriol and maxacalcitol in combination with narrow-band ultraviolet B therapy for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 262-264

  Noborio, Reiko ^a   Kobayashi, Keiko ^a   Shintani, Yoichi ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcipotriol; Maxacalcitol; Narrow band UVB; Psoriasis vulgaris; Topical vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

22 OXACALCITRIOL; CALCIPOTRIOL; CALCIUM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCITRIOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33748255735     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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