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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団体著者: SpringerLink (Online service)
その他の著者: Weinberg, Jeffrey M. (編集者, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
フォーマット: 電子媒体 eBook
言語:English
出版事項: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2008.
版:1st ed. 2008.
シリーズ:Milestones in Drug Therapy,
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オンライン・アクセス:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7724-3
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目次:
  • 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.