Treatment of prurigo nodularis with thalidomide: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 372-375

  Alfadley, Abdullah ^a   Al Hawsawi, Khalid ^a   Thestrup Pedersen, Kristian ^a   Al Aboud, Khalid ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRURIGO; PRURIGO NODULARIS; PRURITUS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN DEFECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRURIGO; THALIDOMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038204476     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01184.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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