The Schnitzler syndrome - A treatment at last?

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-2

  Lipsker, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; COLCHICINE; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARAPROTEIN; STEROID;

BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GAMMOPATHY; HUMAN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RASH; REMISSION; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME;

EID: 0036976354     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063143     Document Type: Editorial

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