Successful treatment of therapy-resistant pruritus in lichen amyloidosis with menthol

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 524-526

  Fröhlich, Martha ^a   Enk, Alexander ^a   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; HYDROXYZINE; LORATADINE; MENTHOL;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LICHEN AMYLOIDOSUS; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PRURITUS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIPRURITICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MENTHOL; OINTMENTS; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70350157082     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0725     Document Type: Letter

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