Juvenile pustular psoriasis associated with steroid withdrawal syndrome due to topical corticosteroid

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 601-603

  Saeki, Hidehisa ^a   Watanabe, Aya ^a   Tada, Yayoi ^a   Kakinuma, Takashi ^a   Komine, Mayumi ^a   Ihn, Hironobu ^b   Asahina, Akihiko ^c   Etoh, Takafumi ^d   Kitanaka, Sachiko ^a   Sato, Utako ^a   Kano, Hirotsugu ^a   Igarashi, Takashi ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MOON FACE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUSTULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCORNEAL PUSTULAR DERMATOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOBETASOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 52449109134     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00531.x     Document Type: Letter

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