Langerhans cell histiocytosis in an adult: Good response of cutaneous lesions to acitretin

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-630

  Cardoso, J C ^a   Cravo, M ^a   Cardoso, R ^a   Brites, M M ^a   Reis, J P ^a   Tellechea, O ^a   Eloy, C ^b   Figueiredo, A ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; ETRETIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TESTIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUNK; URETER CATHETERIZATION;

ACITRETIN; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GROIN; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954333001     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03784.x     Document Type: Article

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