Comparison of clinical and cost-effectiveness of psoralen+ultraviolet A versus psoralen+sunlight in the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis in a developing economy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 478-485

  Aggarwal, Komal ^a   Khandpur, Sujay ^a   Khanna, Neena ^a   Sharma, Vinod K ^a   Pandav, Chandrakant S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTO ONYCHOLYSIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FICUSIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUNLIGHT; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875073605     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05692.x     Document Type: Article

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