Childhood lichen planus in a patient receiving growth hormone for dwarfism?

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-88

  Oono, T ^a   Arata, J ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Human recombinant; Lichen planus

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DWARFISM; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030027822     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246327     Document Type: Article

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