Treatment of necrobiosis lipoidica with etanercept and adalimumab

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Kevin S ^a   Quan, Long T ^b   Hsu, Sylvia ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carolinas Dermatology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TNFR FC FUSION PROTEIN; TNFR-FC FUSION PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 74049087499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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