Dermacase: Blue-gray pigmentation on the shins and hand

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue MAY, 2006, Pages 595-596

  Kalia, Sunil ^a   Adams, Stewart P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACNE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MINOCYCLINE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33745194135     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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