Rectal bleeding following acitretin therapy for discoid lupus erythematosus [8]

Dermatology

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-

  Fairhurst, D A ^a,b   Clark, S M ^a  

^a MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acitretin; Discoid lupus erythematosus; Rectal bleeding; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ETRETIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG RESPONSE; ECZEMA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REMISSION; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACITRETIN; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPISTAXIS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 27844567263     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088519     Document Type: Letter

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