Twenty-nail dystrophy (trachyonychia) caused by lichen planus in a patient with gold allergy [18]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1089-1091

  Yokozeki, H ^a   Niiyama, S ^b   Nishioka, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUROTHIOMALATE; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL SULFATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; GOLD ALLOY;

ADULT; ALLERGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TOOTH FILLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWENTY NAIL DYSTROPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG ERUPTION; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASE;

DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DRUG ERUPTIONS; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, MALFORMED;

EID: 18944386914     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06581.x     Document Type: Letter

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