Short course of oral cyclosporine in lichen planopilaris

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 667-671

  Mirmirani, Paradi ^b   Willey, Andrea ^b   Price, Vera H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCALP; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141867880     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00873-9     Document Type: Article

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