Psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) soaks and UVB TL01 treatment for chronic hand dermatoses

Dermatology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jensen, Lisbeth ^a   Stensgaard, Anette ^a   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compositae allergy; Hand eczema; PUVA soaks; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN; CORTICOSTEROID; TRIOXYSALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ASTERACEAE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PUVA; SKIN PAIN; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84859501175     PISSN: 20367392     EISSN: 20367406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/dr.2012.e3     Document Type: Article

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