Successful treatment of progressive vitiligo with high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone 'pulse' therapy

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-262

  Seiter, S ^a   Ugurel, S ^a   Pfohler C ^a   Tilgen, W ^a   Reinhold, Uwe ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

High dose glucocorticoids; Pulse therapy; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032700791     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018260     Document Type: Article

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