Treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with allopurinol: Case report

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Mazzatenta, Carlo ^a   Ghilardi, Alberto ^a   Grazzini, Marta ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED GRANULOMA ANNULARE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PUVA; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ALLOPURINOL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 74949126439     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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