Successful treatment of genital pruritus using topical immunomodulators as a single therapy in multi-morbid patients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-196

  Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IRON; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENITAL PRURITUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTIPRURITICS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PRURITUS; PRURITUS VULVAE; SCROTUM; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 41949103438     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0410     Document Type: Letter

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