Effective management of a psoriatic flare with narrowband UVB phototherapy during efalizumab therapy without discontinuing treatment [5]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 828-829

  Carrascosa, J M ^a,b   Soria, X ^a   Ferrandiz C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; EFALIZUMAB; ETRETIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 34250653647     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01970.x     Document Type: Letter

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