Oral vs. bath PUVA using 8-methoxypsoralen for chronic palmoplantar eczema

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-105

  Tzaneva, Stanislava ^a   Kittler, Harald ^a   Thallinger, Christiane ^b   Hönigsmann, Herbert ^a   Tanew, Adrian ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bath PUVA; Chronicdyshidrotic hyperkeratotic eczema; Oral PUVA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMERSION; MALE; PALMOPLANTAR ECZEMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; POMPHOLYX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62749111452     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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