Treatment nonadherence and long-term effects of narrowband UV-B therapy in patients with psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-199

  Evers, Andrea W ^a   Kleinpenning, Marloes M ^a   Smits, Tim ^a   Boezeman, Jan ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter C ^a   Kraaimaat, Floris W ^a   Gerritsen, Marie Jeanne P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SMOKING HABIT; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSORIASIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749116221     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.382     Document Type: Letter

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