Topical methimazole as a new treatment for postinflammatory hyperpigmentation: Report of the first case

Dermatology

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 360-362

  Kasraee, Behrooz ^a,b   Handjani, Farhad ^c   Parhizgar, Amin ^c   Omrani, Gholamhosein R ^d   Fallahi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Amini, Mitra ^a   Nikbakhsh, Mohammad ^a   Tran, Christian ^b   Hügin, Ambros ^b   Sorg, Olivier ^b   Saurat, Jean Hilaire ^b  

^a JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Depigmenting agents; Melanin; Methimazole; Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; KOJIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSTIC BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANINS; METHIMAZOLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 27844612072     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088509     Document Type: Article

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