Hidradenitis suppurativa: A treatment challenge

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Shah, Nipa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FINASTERIDE; HORMONE; ISOTRETINOIN; MINOCYCLINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

APOCRINE GLAND; AXILLA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; HEAT; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; SWEAT; WOUND CARE;

COUNSELING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 30744448996     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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