Diagnosis and management of granuloma annulare

American Family Physician

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1729-1734

  Cyr, Peggy R ^a,b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Casco Bay Family Physicians   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DITHRANOL; ETRETINATE; FUMARIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; ISOTRETINOIN; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; LIQUID NITROGEN; LIVER ENZYME; NICOTINAMIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PIMECROLIMUS; POTASSIUM IODATE; PSORALEN; RETINOID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIAMCINOLONE; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; ZILEUTON;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DESICCATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FATIGUE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; PUVA; RASH; RETINOPATHY; RHINORRHEA; TERATOGENICITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS;

EID: 33751216455     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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