Determining the relative importance of patient motivations for nonadherence to topical corticosteroid therapy in psoriasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-613

  Brown, Katherine K ^a   Rehmus, Wingfield E ^a   Kimball, Alexa B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33748951907     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.12.021     Document Type: Article

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