Bath PUVA and psoriasis: Is a milder treatment a worse treatment?

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-193

  Delrosso, G ^a   Bornacina, C ^a,b   Farinelli, P ^a   Bellinzona, F ^a   Leigheb, G ^a   Colombo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bath PUVA; Photochemotherapy; Psoriasis; UVA dose

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BATHS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949149123     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112924     Document Type: Article

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