Generalized pustular psoriasis (von Zumbusch) following the use of calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate ointment: A report of two cases

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-630

  Tobin, A M ^a   Langan, S M ^b   Collins, P ^b   Kirby, B ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE PLUS CALCIPOTRIOL; CALCIPOTRIOL; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETRETIN; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; BETAMETHASONE; CALCITRIOL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS;

EID: 66449124995     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03034.x     Document Type: Letter

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