Complementary and alternative medicine for psoriasis: A qualitative review of the clinical trial literature

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 841-856

  Smith, Nana ^a,b   Weymann, Alex ^a   Tausk, Francisco A ^a   Gelfand, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; alternative medicine; Chinese medicine; climatotherapy; complementary medicine; fish oil; herbal medicine; hypnosis; psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CALCIPOTRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DITHRANOL; ETRETINATE; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INOSITOL; MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM EXTRACT; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; RELIEVA; SALICYLIC ACID; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; ZINC SULFATE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHEILITIS; CLIMATOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DESQUAMATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAHONIA; MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM; MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; STOMACH DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; XEROSTOMIA;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349820307     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.029     Document Type: Review

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