An open-label study of topical tacrolimus ointment 0.1% under occlusion for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum [11]

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1383-1385

  Kontos, Andrew P ^a   Kerr, Holly A ^a   Fivenson, David P ^a   Remishofsky, Christopher ^a   Jacobsen, Gordon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OPEN STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCER HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750613770     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03133.x     Document Type: Letter

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