Facial lichen striatus: Successful treatment with tacrolimus ointment

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 587-590

  Fujimoto, Norihiro ^a   Tajima, S ^a   Ishibashi, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blaschko's lines; Lichen striatus; Tacrolimus ointment

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LICHEN STRIATUS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OINTMENT; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SWEAT GLAND; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0037365586     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05246.x     Document Type: Article

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