Discoid Lupus Erythematosus: Successful Treatment With Oral Methotrexate

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 938-939

  Goldstein, Eric ^a   Carey, Wayne ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CLOBETASOL; COMPLEMENT; DNA ANTIBODY; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISOTRETINOIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEROID; SUNSCREEN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SKIN BIOPSY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0028305648     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1994.01690070134027     Document Type: Letter

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