Home narrowband UV-B phototherapy in combination with low-dose acitretin in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1224-1225

  Yelverton, Christopher B ^b   Yentzer, Brad A ^b   Clark, Adele ^b   Pearce, Daniel J ^b   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^b   Camacho, Fabian T ^b   Boles, Ann ^b   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETRETIN;

ALOPECIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ACITRETIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 51949108155     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.9.1224     Document Type: Letter

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