Coexistent psoriasis and bullous pemphigoid responding to mycophenolate mofetil monotherapy

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Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-102

  Rallis, Efstathios ^a,b   Anyfantakis, Vasileios ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSORIASIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 44049095727     PISSN: 15409740     EISSN: 17517125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7125.2008.07318.x     Document Type: Article

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