A review of home phototherapy for psoriasis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Nolan, Bridgit V ^a   Yentzer, Brad A ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; ETRETIN; RETINOID;

BLISTER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY SKIN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ERYTHEMA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURE AGING; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PUVA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 77649205628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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