TY  - CHAP
AU  - Fernanda Mombrini Pigatti
AU  - Fabiana de Freitas Bombarda-Nunes
AU  - Lucas Fernandes Leal
AU  - Thays Teixeira de Souza
ED  - Shahin Aghaei
Y1  - 2019-04-08
PY  - 2019
T1  - The Use of Phototherapy in Treatment of Geographic Tongue in Patients with Psoriasis
N2  - The cause of psoriasis is still unknown, though exposure to definite agents (throat streptococcal infection), smoking, alcohol consumption, certain medicines (lithium), and local irritation or injury to the skin may be risk factors for persons genetically predisposed to the disease. Psoriasis symptoms can vary extensively, from mild rashes to severe situations. Treatment consists of various modalities used locally on the skin and taken by mouth. This book gathers and presents information on targeted treatments for psoriasis in four chapters. Following the Introductory chapter, Chapter 2 discusses evaluation of patients with psoriasis and recommended clinical approaches; Chapter 3 presents the etiology, differential diagnosis, clinical findings, and treatment of nail psoriasis; Chapter 4 updates the clinical knowledge on phototherapy for treating psoriatic lesions of the tongue; and Chapter 5 considers potential adverse skin reactions in psoriatic patients taking TNF alpha inhibitors.
BT  - Tailored Treatments in Psoriatic Patients
SP  - Ch. 4
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85453
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.85453
SN  - 978-1-83880-930-0
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-11
ER  -