Tufted hair folliculitis: Case report treated with topical cyclosporin A and review of literature;Tufted hair folliculitis: Caso clinico trattato con ciclosporina A e revisione della letteratura scientifica

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-375

  Nino, M ^a   Staibano, S ^a   De Bellis, I ^b   Scalvenzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Cyclosporine; Folliculitis; Staphylococcal infections

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; RIFAMPICIN; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR GROWTH; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUFTED HAIR FOLLICULITIS;

EID: 7644239187     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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