Plasma cell balanitis of Zoon treated successfully with topical tacrolimus [10]

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 588-589

  Hernandez Machin, B ^a   Borrego Hernando, L ^a   Baez Marrero O ^a   Hernandez, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BALANITIS; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; EPIDERMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PENIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALANITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 23044434429     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01806.x     Document Type: Letter

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