Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau on toes successfully treated with a two-compound product containing calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-318

  Sotiriadis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Patsatsi, Aikaterini ^a   Sotiriou, Eleni ^a   Papagaryfallou, Ioannis ^a   Chrysomallis, Fotis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau; Acropustular psoriasis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE PLUS CALCIPOTRIOL; CALCIPOTRIOL; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ACRODERMATITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NAIL; OINTMENT; PARONYCHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; BETAMETHASONE; CALCITRIOL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 35148859398     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630701367118     Document Type: Article

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