Alopecia areata: Topical immunotherapy treatment with diphencyprone

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-323

  Avgerinou, G ^a   Gregoriou, Stamgreg ^a   Rigopoulos, D ^a   Stratigos, A ^a   Kalogeromitros, D ^a   Katsambas, A ^a  

^a ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Diphencyprone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENCYPRONE; MINOXIDIL; STEROID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCALP PRURITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CYCLOPROPANES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049162283     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02411.x     Document Type: Article

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