Complementary and alternative medicine use among patients with psoriasis

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 281-283

  Damevska, Katerina ^a   Neloska, Lence ^b   Nikolovska, Suzana ^a   Gocev, Gorgi ^a   Duma, Silvia ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE   (Macedonia)

^b Public Health Center 13 Noemvri   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADRENOCHROME; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; CALENDULA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TAR; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEE EXTRACT; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSORIASIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907819113     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dth.12139     Document Type: Article

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