Incidental control of rosacea by somatostatin

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Piérard Franchimont, Claudine ^a   Quatresooz, Pascale ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Retinopathy; Rosacea; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SANDOSTATINE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROSACEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; ROSACEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037247614     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068898     Document Type: Article

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