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The Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
Published on: July 11, 2013
Non-pharmacologic therapies for atopic dermatitis
1Clinical Dermatology & Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 1455 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL, 60622, USA, p-lio@northwestern.edu.
Abstract:
Atopic dermatitis (AD) continues to present significant therapeutic challenges, especially in severe cases. Navigating the line between risk and benefit can be difficult for more powerful medications such as immunosuppressants, but non-pharmacologic treatments are often overlooked and underutilized. Creative application of these more physical therapies can serve to minimize the pharmacologic treatments and their side effects, and possibly even create synergy between modalities, to maximize benefit to the patient.
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