Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 948-953 , June 2012

Patient-centered online management of psoriasis: A randomized controlled equivalency trial

This research has been presented in oral and poster format at the Association for Clinical Research Training/Society for Clinical and Translational Science, Washington, DC, April 5-7, 2010, and the National Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Meeting, St Louis, MO, May 3-4, 2010.

  • Cindy J. Chambers, MD, MAS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
    • Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
    • ,
  • Kory K. Parsi, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
    • ,
  • Clayton Schupp, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
    • ,
  • April W. Armstrong, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: April W. Armstrong, MD, MPH, Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis Health System, 3301 C St, Suite 1400, Sacramento, CA 95816.

,Accepted 28 May 2011.

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 Supported by grant No. UL1 RR024146 from the National Center for Research Resources.

 Contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of National Center for Research Resources or National Institutes of Health. Information on Re-engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise can be obtained from http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/clinicalresearch/overview-translational.asp.

 Disclosure: Dr Armstrong is an investigator and consultant to Abbott and Centocor. Drs Chambers and Schupp, and Mr Parsi have no conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S0190-9622(11)00687-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.05.047

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 948-953 , June 2012

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