Chronically painful right thumb with pustules and onycholysis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-620

  Waller, J M ^a   Wu, J J ^a   Murase, J E ^a   Dyson, S W ^a   Kelly, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; STEROID;

ACRODERMATITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAIL BED; NAIL DYSTROPHY; ONYCHOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PAIN; STAINING; THUMB; X RAY;

ACRODERMATITIS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NICOTINIC ACIDS; PAIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; THUMB; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34547824623     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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