Mild pemphigus foliaceus responding to combination therapy with niacinamide and tetracycline

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 981-982

  Chen, Shumin ^a   Lu, Xanmei ^a   Zhou, Guizhi ^a  

^a NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; BACK; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INJURY; LETTER; MALE; NOSE INJURY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; RELAPSE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INJURY; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIACINAMIDE; NOSE; PEMPHIGUS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0346903107     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2003.01478.x     Document Type: Letter

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