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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines by Patients with Psoriasis: Results from a Study with 2562 Patients

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France

    Laurent Misery

  2. EMMA, Fontenay sous Bois, France

    Jason Shourick & Charles Taieb

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

    Julien Sénéschal

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    Carle Paul

  5. ESSEC Santé, Paris, France

    Gérard de Pouvourville

  6. Department of Dermatology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, University Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France

    Denis Jullien

  7. Department of Dermatology, Hospital of Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France

    Emmanuel Mahé

  8. Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France

    Hervé Bachelez

  9. Association France Psoriasis, Paris, France

    Roberte Aubert

  10. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France

    Pascal Joly

  11. University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France

    Stéphane Héas

  12. Department of Dermatology, Courlancy Polyclinic, Reims, France

    Ziad Reguiai

  13. Department of Dermatology, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France

    Khaled Ezzedine

  14. Department of Dermatology, Timone Hospital, University Hospital of Marseille, Marseille, France

    Marie-Aleth Richard

  15. Service de dermatologie, CHU Brest, 2 avenue Foch, 29200, Brest, France

    Laurent Misery

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Funding for this research letter was received from Novartis.

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The study received Ethics Committee approval (CPP Ile de France X, 2018-A01125-50).

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LM wrote the paper and JSh performed the statistical analysis. All authors were involved in the design of the study and analysis of the results, and approved the final version of the paper.

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Misery, L., Shourick, J., Sénéschal, J. et al. Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines by Patients with Psoriasis: Results from a Study with 2562 Patients. Am J Clin Dermatol 22, 285–287 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-021-00587-7

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