Results of Goeckerman treatment for psoriasis in children: A 21-year retrospective review

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-524

  Kortuem, Kimberly R ^a   Davis, Mark D P ^a   Witman, Patricia M ^a   McEvoy, Marian T ^a   Farmer, Sara A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ICHTHAMMOL; METHOTREXATE; PETROLATUM; PSORALEN; RETINOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; GOECKERMAN TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; FACTUAL DATABASE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAL TAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957324860     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01124.x     Document Type: Review

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