Topical Tacrolimus Ointment Is an Effective Therapy for Hailey-Hailey Disease

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1401-1402

  Sand, Carsten ^a   Thomsen, Henrik Klem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; CLIOQUINOL; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREAM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TOXICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HAILEY HAILEY DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; OINTMENTS; PEMPHIGUS, BENIGN FAMILIAL; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242660448     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.11.1401     Document Type: Article

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