Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and rosacea: Report of 10 cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 719-720

  Ioannides, D ^a   Lazaridou, E ^a   Apalla, Z ^a   Devliotou Panagiotidou, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors; Rosacea; Sildenafil; Tadalafil; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; ROSACEA; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 5; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; ROSACEA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 60449093774     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.09025.x     Document Type: Letter

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