Treatment of lichen sclerosus with antibiotics

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1104-1106

  Shelley, Walter B ^a   Shelley, E Dorinda ^a   Amurao, Cristine V ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFADROXIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRURITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFADROXIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748278540     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02978.x     Document Type: Article

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