Pimecrolimus 1% cream in the treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare [5]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1364-1365

  Rigopoulos, D ^a   Prantsidis, A ^a   Christofidou, E ^a   Ioannides, D ^b   Gregoriou, S ^a   Katsambas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ISOTRETINOIN; PIMECROLIMUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 21644470571     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06594.x     Document Type: Letter

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