Persistent ulcerated necrobiosis lipoidica responding to treatment with cyclosporin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 725-727

  Darvay, Amrit ^a,b   Acland, K M ^a   Russell Jones, R ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Necrobiosis lipoidica; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOFAZIMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLUDROXYCORTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032739276     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03119.x     Document Type: Article

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