Treatment of pustular psoriasis: From the medical board of the National Psoriasis Foundation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-288

  Robinson, Amanda ^a   Van Voorhees, Abby S ^b   Hsu, Sylvia ^c   Korman, Neil J ^d   Lebwohl, Mark G ^e   Bebo Jr , Bruce F ^f   Kalb, Robert E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f National Psoriasis Foundation   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

drug therapy; psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALEFACEPT; CALCIPOTRIOL; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; ETRETIN; INFLIXIMAB; ISOTRETINOIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN; RETINOID; TACROLIMUS;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; PUVA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

FICUSIN; HUMANS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 84863980939     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.01.032     Document Type: Review

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