%0 Journal Article
%T Topical coal tar alone and in combination with oral methotrexate in management of psoriasis : a retrospective analysis
%A Prasad PVS
%A John Felix
%J Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
%D 1997
%I Medknow Publications
%X Thirty five patients admitted with psoriasis were analysed. 16 patients received 20% crude coal tar and 19 patients received 20% crude coal tar along with methotrexate in a weekly oral schedule (15mg/wk). After 4 weeks of therapy there was total clearence in 52.6% of the patients with combination therapy, whereas only 12.5% of the patients with conventional therapy achieved this.
%K Psoriasis
%K Methotrexate
%K Coal tar
%U http://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=1997;volume=63;issue=1;spage=26;epage=28;aulast=Prasad