Wolf's isotopic response: Zosteriform morphea appearing at the site of healed herpes zoster in a HIV patient

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-92

  Lopez N ^a   Alcaraz, I ^a   Cid Manas J ^a   Camacho, E ^a   Herrera Acosta, E ^a   Matilla, A ^a   Herrera, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; ZOSTERIFORM MORPHEA;

2-AMINOPURINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HERPES ZOSTER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 57649166232     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02711.x     Document Type: Letter

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