Methotrexate/narrowband UVB phototherapy combination vs. narrowband UVB phototherapy in the treatment of chronic plaque-type psoriasis - A randomized single-blinded placebo-controlled study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-600

  Mahajan, R ^a   Kaur, I ^a   Kanwar, Aj ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; NBUVB phototherapy; PASI 75

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; PUSTULE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN FISSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 77950848224     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03486.x     Document Type: Article

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