Successful treatment of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis with topical tacrolimus

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 608-610

  Kawaguchi, Masakazu ^a   Mitsuhashi, Yoshihiko ^a   Kondo, Shigeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INDOMETACIN; MINOCYCLINE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OINTMENT; PAPULE; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444222421     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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