Successful treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with adalimumab

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-171

  Rosmarin, David ^a   LaRaia, Anne ^a   Schlauder, Scott ^a   Gottlieb, Alice B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; COLLAGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MUCIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISSEMINATED GRANULOMA ANNULARE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PAPULE; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; BIOPSY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 62449185189     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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