Treatment recommendations for pyoderma gangrenosum: An evidence-based review of the literature based on more than 350 patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-283

  Reichrath, Jörg ^a   Bens, Guido ^a   Bonowitz, Anette ^a   Tilgen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CHLORMETHINE; CLOFAZIMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; INTERFERON; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENDIMETRAZINE; PIMECROLIMUS; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE;

CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KERATINOCYTE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MUSCLE FLAP; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; REVIEW; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN GRAFT; TERATOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; WOUND INFECTION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 22144438677     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.10.006     Document Type: Review

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