A case of juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris: Could varicella be an aetiological agent?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ertam, I ^a   Sezgin, A O ^a   Kazandi, A ^a   Dereli, T ^a   Unal, I ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; ECTROPION; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PAPULE; PARAKERATOSIS; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRUNK;

CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72549104074     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03678.x     Document Type: Letter

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