Combination therapy in the treatment of psoriasis;Therapiekombinationen bei der Behandlung der Psoriasis

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-98

  Domm, Silja ^a   Mrowietz, Ulrich ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology Venerology and Allergology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combination therapy; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE PLUS CALCIPOTRIOL; CALCINEURIN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIPOTRIOL; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DITHRANOL; ELOSALIC; ETANERCEPT; FUMARIC ACID; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TACALCITOL; TAR; TAZAROTENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 79751495258     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2010.07514.x     Document Type: Review

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