Subcorneal pustular dermatosis: 50 Years on

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Cheng, S ^a,b   Edmonds, E ^a   Ben Gashir, M ^a   Yu, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AZITHROMYCIN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; ETRETIN; ETRETINATE; INFLIXIMAB; ISOTRETINOIN; KETOCONAZOLE; MEBHYDROLIN; MINOCYCLINE; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PSORALEN; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE; SULFAPYRIDINE; TACALCITOL; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE GENERALIZED EXANTHEMATOUS PUSTULOSIS; APUDOMA; BENIGN MONOCLONAL IGA GAMMOPATHY; BLISTER; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDERMIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IGA PEMPHIGUS; IMPETIGO; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUSTULOSIS; PUVA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; REVIEW; SUBCORNEAL PUSTULAR DERMATOSIS; THYMOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLISTER; DAPSONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249093325     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02706.x     Document Type: Review

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