Successful treatment of nodular actinic reticuloid with tacrolimus ointment

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-380

  Gröne, Dirk ^a   Kunz, Manfred ^a   Zimmermann, Regina ^a   Gross, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinic reticuloid; Chronic actinic dermatitis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACTINIC RETICULOID; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTINIC DERMATITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SKIN PROTECTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745699387     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092291     Document Type: Article

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