title: [Treatment of psoriasis with dichlorodiethyl sulfide].
abstract: A report is given of the use of dichlorodiethyl-sulfide (ypérite) in ointment form in a concentration of 1: 20,000 in the treatment of psoriasis. The effect of the treatment was followed in 59 patients. Healing or marked improvement occurred in 44. In in-patients the average duration of treatment was 16 days and in out-patients 48 days. When compared with other methods of treatment the method of application is very simple and its effect rapid. So that with a shorter average duration of treatment a higher percentage of patients is healed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009150:Mustard Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009151:Mustard Gas / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009824:Ointments; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D009150:Mustard Compounds; D009824:Ointments; D009151:Mustard Gas
vernacular_title: Traitement du psoriasis par dichlordiéthyl-sulfide.