palmoplantar psoriasis: treatment with calcipotriol and local uva radiation compared with local puva

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introduction:   palmoplantar psoriasis could hardly be differentiated from chronic tylotic eczema both clinically and histologically. the most commonly used therapeutic options for palmoplantar psoriasis are long-term therapy with topical corticosteroids and local puva. frequently, it is a recalcitrant disease. we investigated the efficacy and tolerability of the combination of topical calcipot...

Treatment of palmoplantar psoriasis with monochromatic excimer light (308-nm) versus cream PUVA.

Palmoplantar psoriasis is a chronic disease, which is very resistant to treatment and often leads to severe disabilities. Photochemotherapy employing psoralens combined with UVA irradiation (PUVA) is a well-accepted therapy for palmoplantar psoriasis. Its topical application (bath PUVA; cream PUVA) avoids the typical side effects of orally applied psoralens. We compared the efficacy of cream PU...

Effectiveness and safety of psoralen-UVA (PUVA) topical therapy in palmoplantar psoriasis: a report on 48 patients.

INTRODUCTION Palmoplantar psoriasis is an uncommon clinical form of psoriasis. Although localized to the palms and soles, it has a considerable impact on the patient's function and quality of life. OBJECTIVES To study the effectiveness and safety of psoralen-UV-A (PUVA) therapy in palmoplantar psoriasis and investigate predictors of clinical response. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a ret...

بررسی میزان اثر روش Bath PUVA در درمان پسوریازیس پلاک تایپ ژانرالیزه در 30 بیمار مبتلا در بیمارستان رازی

Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory scaling disorder of the skin. Different patterns of psoriasis exist including plaque type, erythrodemic, pustular, palmoplantar and guttate. The most commonly involved sites are the elbows, knees, lumbosacral area and scalp. PUVA (Psoriasis Plus UVA) therapy [administration of oral psoralen followed by exposure to UVA (320 to 440 nm)] is widely used to treat...

-patient treatment with calcipotriol versus dithranol in refractory psoriasis

Cost-effectiveness of once-daily treatment with calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate followed by calcipotriol alone compared with tacalcitol in the treatment of Psoriasis vulgaris.

BACKGROUND Daivobet is a once-daily treatment of psoriasis vulgaris containing betamethasone dipropionate and calcipotriol in a new ointment vehicle. OBJECTIVE To assess the cost-effectiveness of once-daily treatment with Daivobet (4 weeks) followed by calcipotriol (4 weeks) compared to tacalcitol (8 weeks). METHODS Resource utilization was assessed within a double-blind 8-week clinical tri...