Failure of combination therapy with acitretin and cyclosporin a in 3 patients with erythrodermic psoriasis

Dermatology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-90

  Kuijpers, A L A ^a   Dooren Greebe, R J Van ^a   Kerkhof, P C M Vande ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Erythroderma; Psoriasis; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETRETIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHRODERMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACITRETIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCITRIOL; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATITIS, EXFOLIATIVE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0031014076     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246070     Document Type: Article

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