Granuloma faciale: Is it a new indication for pimecrolimus? A case report

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 238-240

  Ertam, Ilgen ^a   Ertekin, Banu ^a   Unal, Idil ^a   Alper, Sibel ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granuloma faciale; Pimecrolimus; Tacrolimus; Treatment; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

PIMECROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 33748693493     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630600838367     Document Type: Article

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