A case of lichen amyloidosus accompanied by vesicles and dyschromia

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-293

  Cho, T H ^a   Lee, M H ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LICHEN AMYLOIDOSUS; MALE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MALE; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249093850     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02653.x     Document Type: Article

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