Isotretinoin in the Treatment of Granuloma Annulare

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 494-497

  Looney, Melissa ^a,b   Smith, Kelly M ^c,d  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

^b Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington   (United States)

^c Pharmacy Practice and Science   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granuloma annulare; Isotretinoin; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; DITHRANOL; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISOTRETINOIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; METHOTREXATE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; ZILEUTON;

ABSTRACT REPORT; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; BLEPHARITIS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CHEILITIS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSIS; PUVA; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERATOGENESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242338970     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D312     Document Type: Review

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