Chronic actinic dermatitis treated with mycophenolate mofetil

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 784-786

  Thomson, Michelle A ^a   Stewart, D G ^a   Lewis, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic actinic dermatitis; Mycophenolate mofetil; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COBALT; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NICKEL; OXYBENZONE; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; STEROID; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTINIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECZEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644368922     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06445.x     Document Type: Article

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