Successful treatment of acquired perforating dermatosis with rifampicin in an Asian patient with sclerosing cholangitis

Liver

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-163

  Skiba, G ^c   Milkiewicz, P ^c   Mutimer, D ^c   Burns, D A ^a   Marsden, J R ^b   Elias, E ^c  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired perforating dermatosis; Pruritus; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRURITUS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0033034550     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.1999.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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