Treatment of nail psoriasis with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide using a needle-free jet injector: A prospective trial

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-42

  Nantel Battista, Melissa ^a   Richer, Vincent ^a   Marcil, Isabelle ^a   Benohanian, Antranik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; INJECTION SITE PAIN; JET INJECTOR; MALE; NAIL PSORIASIS; NAIL PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; NEEDLE FREE JET INJECTOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 84892596648     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2013.13078     Document Type: Article

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