Successful combined pentoxifylline and intralesional triamcinolone acetonide treatment of severe pretibial myxedema

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Engin, Burhan ^a   Gümüel, Munise ^a   Özdemir, Mustafa ^a   Çakir, Mehtap ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; THYROXINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYXEDEMA; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MYXEDEMA; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 34248187101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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