Eosinophilie fasciitis and combined UVA1 - retinoid - corticosteroid treatment: Two case reports

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-306

  Weber, Hans O ^a   Schaller, Martin ^a   Metzler, Gisela ^a   Röcken, Martin ^a   Berneburg, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ISOTRETINOIN; PREDNISONE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT SWELLING; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; FASCIITIS;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; PREDNISONE; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 44349187528     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0417     Document Type: Letter

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