Juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris: Successful treatment with ciclosporin [5]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 202-203

  Wetzig, T ^a   Sticherling, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; EMOLLIENT AGENT; UREA;

CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG POTENCY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; OINTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS;

EID: 0042134619     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05394.x     Document Type: Letter

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