Prurigo pigmentosa: A clinical and histopathologic study of 11 cases

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Lin, Shang Hong ^a   Ho, Ji Chen ^a   Cheng, Yu Wen ^a   Huang, Po Han ^b   Wang, Cheng Yu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b Huang Po Han Dermatology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Doxycycline; Minocycline; Prurigo pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRURIGO; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURIGO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951742378     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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