Pimecrolimus 1 percent cream and pulsed dye laser in treatment of a patient with reticular erythematous mucinosis syndrome

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mansouri, Parvin ^a   Farshi, Susan ^a   Nahavandi, Arezo ^b   Safaie Naraghi, Zahra ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PIMECROLIMUS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MUCINOSIS; PULSED DYE LASER; RETICULAR ERYTHEMATOUS MUCINOSIS SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; VASODILATATION; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINOSES; SYNDROME; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248170723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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