Vesiculous prurigo pigmentosa in a 13-year-old girl: Good response to isotretinoin

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 474-476

  Requena Caballero, Celia ^a   Nagore, E ^a   Sanmartin O ^a   Botella Estrada, R ^a   Serra, C ^a   Guillen C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bullous; Paediatric; Prurigo pigmentosa; Treatment; Vesiculous

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; DARIER DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDERMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; RASH; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; BACK; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; NECK; PRURIGO; THORAX;

EID: 21744455739     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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