Dark grey hyperpigmentation on the face and neck;Schwarzgraue Verfärbungen im Gesicht und am Hals

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 544-546

  Wienrich, B Gregor ^a   Bertsch, Hans Peter ^a   Schön, Michael P ^a   Emmert, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FACE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MINOCYCLINE INDUCED HYPERPIGMENTATION TYPE 3; NECK; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MINOCYCLINE; NECK;

EID: 77954065222     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2010.07307.x     Document Type: Article

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