Nail lichen planus: Response to treatment and long term follow-up

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-496

  Piraccini, Bianca Maria ^a   Saccani, Elena ^a   Starace, Michela ^a   Balestri, Riccardo ^a   Tosti, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nail lichen planus; Onychodystrophy; Pterygium; Trachyonychia

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; ETRETINATE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL LICHEN PLANUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; RELAPSE; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; RECURRENT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; RECURRENCE; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954732825     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0952     Document Type: Article

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