A first prospective randomized controlled trial on the efficacy and safety of synchronous balneophototherapy vs. narrow-band UVB monotherapy for atopic dermatitis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 765-773

  Heinlin, J ^a   Schiffner Rohe, J ^a   Schiffner, R ^a   Einsele Kramer B ^a   Landthaler, M ^a   Klein, A ^a   Zeman, F ^b   Stolz, W ^c   Karrer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Balneophototherapy; Dead Sea salt; Narrow band UVB therapy; Phototherapy; SCORAD; TOMESA

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BALNEOPHOTOTHERAPY; BALNEOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORAD INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; BALNEOLOGY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79959848176     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03857.x     Document Type: Article

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