Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta: A disease spectrum

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Fernandes, Neil F ^a   Rozdeba, Paul J ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^a   Kihiczak, George ^a   Lambert, W Clark ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETRETIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PAPULE; PARAPSORIASIS VARIOLIFORMIS ACUTA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; PUVA; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949882542     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03915.x     Document Type: Review

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