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  • Title: Ditrastick combined with UVB. An alternative regimen for plaque psoriasis.
    Author: Brandt H.
    Journal: Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh); 1989; 146():102-3. PubMed ID: 2609849.
    Abstract:
    Two comparable groups of 15 out-patients with symmetrical plaque psoriasis were included in an open right-left comparison study. Paraffin based, 3% dithranol (anthralin) sticks (Ditrastick), Orion Pharmaceutica, Espoo, Finland) and 0.5-1% dithranol in white petrolatum were used in combination with UVB. Both suberythema doses and MED doses were used and the effect of UVB-pretreatment was studied. Pretreatment with UVB and combination therapy with dithranol using suberythema doses of UVB seems to decrease dithranol irritation and shorten the treatment time. Preliminary results are given.
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