Childhood nail psoriasis: A useful treatment with tazarotene 0.05%

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 332-333

  Diluvio, Laura ^a   Campione, Elena ^a   Paternò, Evelin J ^a   Mordenti, Cristina ^a   Hachem, Maya El ^b   Chimenti, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; STEROID; TAZAROTENE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NICOTINIC ACIDS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 34249779263     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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