Treatment of Psoriasis
Psoriasis is an inherited skin disease that has been diagnosed in 4.5 million adults in the United States. About 10 percent to 30 percent of people with psoriasis also develop psoriatic arthritis, which causes pain, stiffness and swelling in and around the joints. The book reviews the clinical manif...
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| Fformat: | Electronig eLyfr |
| Iaith: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2008.
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| Rhifyn: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Cyfres: | Milestones in Drug Therapy,
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7724-3 |
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
- Introduction: History of psoriasis and psoriasis therapy
- The pathophysiology of psoriasis
- Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a clinical review
- Topical therapy I: corticosteroids and vitamin D analogs
- Topical therapy II: retinoids, immunomodulators, and others
- Ultraviolet and laser therapy
- Traditional systemic therapy I: methotrexate and cyclosporine
- Traditional systemic therapy II: retinoids and others (hydroxyurea, thiopurine antimetabolites, mycophenlic acid, sulfasalazine)
- Biologic therapy for psoriasis: an overview of infliximab, etanercept, adalimumab, efalizumab, and alefacept
- Biologic and oral therapies in development for the treatment of psoriasis
- Quality of life issues in psoriasis.