Successful treatment of acrodermatitis continua suppurativa with topical tacrolimus 0.1% ointment

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1194-1197

  Wilsmann Theis, D ^a   Hagemann, T ^a   Dederer, H ^a   Wenzel, J ^a   Bieber, T ^a   Novak, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis continua suppurativa; Protopic ; Topical tacrolimus ointment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETRETIN; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN; TACROLIMUS;

ACRODERMATITIS; ACRODERMATITIS CONTINUA SUPPURATIVA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OINTMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142754009     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05992.x     Document Type: Article

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