Twenty-one years of oral retinoid therapy in siblings with nonbullous ichthyosiform erythroderma [2]

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-191

  Macbeth, A E ^a   Johnston, G A ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETRETIN; ETRETINATE; RETINOID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONBULLOUS CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA; PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACITRETIN; ADULT; ETRETINATE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA, CONGENITAL; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; SIBLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849183410     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02531.x     Document Type: Letter

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