Treatment of refractory pityriasis rubra pilaris with oral alitretinoin: Case report

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-223

  Molin, S ^a   Ruzicka, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

9 cis retinoic acid; alitretinoin; chronic hand eczema; pityriasis rubra pilaris

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ETRETIN; PSORALEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TACROLIMUS; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACK; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ICHTHYOSIS; LEG; LETTER; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NECK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRETINOIN;

EID: 77953970647     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09782.x     Document Type: Letter

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