Pulsed dye laser versus treatment with calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate for localized refractory plaque psoriasis: Effects on T-cell infiltration, epidermal proliferation and keratinization

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-39

  Bovenschen, Jorn H ^a   Erceg, Angelina ^a   Van Vlijmen Willems, Ivonne ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter C M ^a   Seyger, Marieke M B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcipotriol betamethasone dipropionate; Epidermal proliferation and keratinisation; Psoriasis; Pulsed dye laser (PDL); T cells

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE PLUS CALCIPOTRIOL; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINIZATION; MALE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD; BETAMETHASONE; BIOPSY; CALCITRIOL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; OINTMENTS; PSORIASIS; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947179371     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630601028760     Document Type: Article

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