a pragmatic randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of highly concentrated saline spa water baths followed by UVB compared to UVB only in moderate to severe psoriasis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 725-732

  Brockow, Thomas ^a,b   Schiener, Ralf ^c,d   Franke, Annegret ^a,e,f   Resch, Karl Ludwig ^a,b   Peter, Ralf Uwe ^b,g  

^a Spa Medicine Research Institute ^*  (Germany)

^b FBK Deutsches Institut fur Gesundheitsforschung   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d Dermatologic Outpatient Clinic Dr Schiener   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Center of Biomedical Statistics   (Germany)

^g Hospital and Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Dermatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPA TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADULT; BALNEOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 35348826317     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7099     Document Type: Article

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