Evaluation of the response to treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with reflectance confocal microscopy

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-24

  Basaran Y K ^a   Gurel M S ^b   Erdemir, A T ^b   Turan, E ^c   Yurt, N ^d   Bagci I S ^b  

^a Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d Psychiatry Clinic Gümü hane State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Follow up; Histopathology; Psoriasis; Reflectance confocal microscopy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; REFLECTION;

FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PSORIASIS; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIES; TREATMENT;

DERMATOLOGY;

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; ETRETIN; METHOTREXATE;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; PSORIASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922607375     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12150     Document Type: Article

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