The effect of methylprednisolone pulse-therapy plus oral cyclosporine in the treatment of alopecia totalis and universalis

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-93

  Shaheedi Dadras, Mohammad ^a   Karami, Ahdieh ^a   Mollaei, Mina ^a   Moravej, Tayebe ^a   Malekzad, Farhad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Cyclosporine; Pulse therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; CYCLOSPORINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049150351     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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