Successful treatment of chronic ulcerated necrobiosis lipoidica with 0.1% topical tacrolimus ointment [11]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 581-582

  Clayton, T H ^a   Harrison, P V ^a  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; METHOXSALEN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; OINTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 17444414950     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06388.x     Document Type: Letter

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