Therapeutic options for chronic hand dermatitis

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-250

  Warshaw, Erin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Eczema; Hand; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; BERGAPTEN; CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIMECROLIMUS; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN; RETINOID; TACROLIMUS; TAZAROTENE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIOXYSALEN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANEMIA; CATARACT; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSHIDROSIS; ECZEMA; FLUSHING; GLAUCOMA; HAND DERMATITIS; HAND DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IONIZING RADIATION; IONTOPHORESIS; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PSORIASIS; PUVA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; STRIA; TELANGIECTASIA; VOMITING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIFE STYLE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 3042626242     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04025.x     Document Type: Review

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