Ustekinumab for the treatment of an adolescent patient with recalcitrant plaque psoriasis

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-118

  Fotiadou, Christina ^a   Lazaridou, Elizabeth ^a   Giannopoulou, Christina ^a   Ioannides, Demetrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; BETAMETHASONE PROPIONATE PLUS CALCIPOTRIOL; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USTEKINUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALCITRANT PLAQUE PSORIASIS; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSORIASIS;

EID: 79957503027     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1177     Document Type: Letter

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