Childhood vitiligo: Response to methylprednisolone oral minipulse therapy and topical fluticasone combination

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-127

  Majid, Imran ^a,b   Masood, Qazi ^a   Hassan, Iffat ^a   Khan, Dilshad ^a   Chisti, Muzammil ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SMHS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood vitiligo; Methylprednisolone; Oral minipulse

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON FACE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; STOMACH IRRITATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITILIGO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 68049137349     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.53185     Document Type: Article

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