Minocycline-induced cutaneous hyperpigmentation: Confocal laser scanning microscope analysis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-439

  Dodiuk Gad, R P ^a   de Morentin, H M ^b   Schafer, J ^a   Harel, A ^b   Neudorfer, M ^b,c   Misonzhnik, F ^b   Gitstein, G ^b   Rozenman, D ^a   Tur, E ^b,c   Brenner, S ^b,c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; Fluorescence; Hyperpigmentation; Minocycline

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MINOCYCLINE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISONE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINOCYCLINE;

EID: 33645329352     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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