Potassium iodide in dermatology: A 19th century drug for the 21st century - Uses, pharmacology, adverse effects, and contraindications

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 691-697

  Sterling, J Barton ^a   Heymann, Warren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG USE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS; VASCULITIS; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

EID: 0033777129     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2000.107247     Document Type: Article

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