Oral mega pulse methylprednisolone in alopecia universalis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 717-720

  Bin Saif, Ghada A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA TOTALIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALOPECIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646541347     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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