Combination therapy of tetracycline and tacrolimus resulting in rapid resolution of steroid-induced periocular rosacea

Cutis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-142

  Pabby, Anju ^a   An, Kathy P ^b   Laws, Richard A ^a,c  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; REBOUND; REMISSION; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; ROSACEA; STEROIDS; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0141958958     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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