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Evening primrose oil and marine oil in the treatment of psoriasis
Author(s) -
OLIWIECKI S.,
BURTON J.L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1994.tb01139.x
Subject(s) - evening primrose oil , psoriasis , medicine , evening , dermatology , physics , astronomy
Summary The effect of dietary supplementation with a combination of n‐3 (marine oil) and n‐6 (evening primrose oil) essential fatty acids in the treatment of chronic stable plaque psoriasis was observed. Thirty‐seven patients in a double‐blind parallel trial were studied. There was on significant improvement in clinical severity of psoriasis of change in transepidermal water loss.