Treatment of generalized granuloma annulare with hydroxychloroquine

Dermatology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-168

  Cannistraci, C ^a   Lesnoni La Parola, I ^a   Falchi, M ^a   Picardo, M M ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granuloma annulare, generalized; Hydroxychloroquine; Metalloproteinases; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; RETINOID; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED GRANULOMA ANNULARE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LETTER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAPULE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SURFACE; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844476200     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086452     Document Type: Letter

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