Mucocutaneous ulcerations secondary to methotrexate

Cutis

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 413-416

  Warner, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Alissa ^b   Whitmore, S Elizabeth ^a   Cowan, David A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SKIN ULCER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL ULCER; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 44649116493     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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