Treatment of occupational koilonychia with tazarotene gel [5]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-297

  Hagman, Johanna H ^a   Ginebri, Agnese ^a   Mordenti, Cristina ^a   De Simoni, Ilaria ^a   Chimenti, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAZAROTENE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOON NAIL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NICOTINIC ACIDS; THUMB;

EID: 0042170079     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310016607     Document Type: Letter

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