A pilot study on the role of intralesional triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of pitted nails in children

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 66-68

  Khoo, B P ^a   Giam, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bimonthly treatment; Intralesional steroid; Pitted nails; Trachyonychia

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PSORIASIS; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; NAIL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 0034020728     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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