Second edition
edited by Gerald Weinstein
Therapy of Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis features updated chapters discussing the latest and most commonly prescribed therapies for patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis. Topics include the management of paediatric patients and patients with psoriatic arthritis.
Therapy of Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis is a companion to
Mild-to-Moderate Psoriasis also available from C.H.I.P.S.
Contents
- An overview of psoriasis
- Topical agents in the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis
- The art and practice of UVB phototherapy for the treatment of psoriasis
- Systemic and topical PUVA therapy
- Therapy of moderate-to-severe psoriasis with methotrexate
- Systemic retinoids
- Cyclosporine in the treatment of severe psoriasis
- Combination, rotational, and sequential therapy
- Paediatric psoriasis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Immunobiologicals for psoriasis - using targeted immunotherapies as pathogenic probes in psoriasis
- Etanercept for treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
- Alefacept to treat psoriasis
- Infliximab in the treatment of psoriasis
- Treatment of psoriasis using efalizumab
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