Topical tacrolimus in severe chronic graft-versus-host disease [13]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-371

  Heinemann, Christian ^a   Kaatz, Martin ^a   Schreiber, Gerhard ^a   Eisner, Peter ^a   Norgauer, Johannes ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDAMUSTINE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 23444435234     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550510027775     Document Type: Letter

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