Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp treated with rifampicin and isotretinoin: Case reports

Cutis

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-198

  Georgala, Sofia ^a   Korfitis, Chrysovalantis ^a,b   Ioannidou, Dikaia ^a   Alestas, Theodosis ^a   Kylafis, Georgios ^a   Georgala, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ISOTRETINOIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SKIN DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CELLULITIS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; RIFAMPIN; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 56449102240     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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