Better medication adherence results in greater improvement in severity of psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 895-897

  Carroll, C L ^a   Feldman, S R ^a   Camacho, F T ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a,b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Electronic monitors; Medication adherence; Psoriasis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SALICYLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRONIC MONITOR; ELECTRONICS; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MONITOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SCALING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 8344278755     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06174.x     Document Type: Article

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6. Carroll CL, Clarkl J, Camacho FT, Balkrishnan R, Feldman SR. Topical tacrolimus ointment in combination wtih a 6% salicylic acid gel is an effacious treatment for plaque psoriasis. Arch Dermatol. in press.