TY - JOUR
T1 - Failure of Oral Gastrointestinal Dialysis as Therapy for Psoriasis
AU - Bamford, Joel T.M.
AU - Myers, Thomas T.
PY - 1981/5
Y1 - 1981/5
N2 - Ten patients with chronic psoriasis were treated twice weekly with oral gastrointestinal dialysis in an attempt to clear psoriatic skin lesions with this method alone. In a fasting state in the morning, each patient drank from 3 to 6 L of an electrolyte solution containing 220 mmole/L of mannitol during three hours. The procedure was well tolerated, safe, and effective in causing copious diarrhea. However, after two months of therapy, these patients showed no substantial improvement in their psoriatic skin lesions.
AB - Ten patients with chronic psoriasis were treated twice weekly with oral gastrointestinal dialysis in an attempt to clear psoriatic skin lesions with this method alone. In a fasting state in the morning, each patient drank from 3 to 6 L of an electrolyte solution containing 220 mmole/L of mannitol during three hours. The procedure was well tolerated, safe, and effective in causing copious diarrhea. However, after two months of therapy, these patients showed no substantial improvement in their psoriatic skin lesions.
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.1981.01650050032016
DO - 10.1001/archderm.1981.01650050032016
M3 - Article
C2 - 7224655
AN - SCOPUS:0019432710
SN - 0003-987X
VL - 117
SP - 276
EP - 277
JO - Archives of Dermatology
JF - Archives of Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -