Oral lichenoid lesions after thalidomide treatment [7]

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-

  Bez, C ^b   Lodi, G ^a   Sardella, A ^b   Volpe, A Della ^b   Carrassi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; MOUTH LESION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 0344199938     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018244     Document Type: Letter

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