Progressive macular hypomelanosis: An overview

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-19

  Relyveld, Germaine N ^a   Menke, Henk E ^b   Westerhof, Wiete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOMELANOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOSOME; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEGRO; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITYRIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSIVE MACULAR HYPOMELANOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TROPICS; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; KERATINOCYTE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PUVA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KERATINOCYTES; PROGNOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PUVA THERAPY;

EID: 34247219664     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200708010-00002     Document Type: Review

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