Erythrodermic chronic actinic dermatitis responding only to topical tacrolimus

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Evans, A V ^a   Palmer, Roy A ^a   Hawk, J L M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic actinic dermatitis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NICKEL; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; ROSIN; TACROLIMUS; TIOGUANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ERYTHRODERMA; ERYTHRODERMIC CHRONIC ACTINIC DERMATITIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; OINTMENT; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 1042269519     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2004.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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