Intravenous Cyclosporine Therapy in the Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Secondary to Crohn's Disease

Cutis

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 135-138

  Carp, Jonathan M ^a,b   Onuma, Edward ^c   Das, Kiron ^c   Gottlieb, Alice Bendix ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031227972     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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