Successful use of etretinate for long-term management of a patient with cutaneous-type adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma [12]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1239-1241

  Inozume, T ^a   Matsue, H ^a   Furuhashi, M ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Mitsui, H ^a   Ando, N ^a   Mizutani, M ^a   Miyahara, A ^a   Kawamura, T ^a   Shibagaki, N ^a   Tsukamoto, K ^a   Shimada, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; ETRETINATE; INTERFERON; PSORALEN;

AGED; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ETRETINATE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28844440439     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06974.x     Document Type: Letter

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