Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis: Onset in a woman without previous exogenous progesterone exposure

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 845-846

  Moody, Brent R ^a,b   Schatten, Sam ^a,b  

^a Piedmont Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIECTOMY; RASH;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0030804750     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199708000-00016     Document Type: Article

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