Prurigo pigmentosa

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-290

  Shannon, John F ^a,c   Weedon, David ^b   Sharkey, Michael P ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dapsone; Doxycycline; Minocycline; Nagashima's disease; Reticular pigmentation

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; MOMETASONE FUROATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREAM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PAPULE; PRURIGO; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; PRURITUS; RASH; SACRUM; SYMPTOM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINOCYCLINE; NECK; PRURIGO; PRURITUS;

EID: 33749545001     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2006.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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