Long-term follow-up of the efficacy of methotrexate alone or in combination with low doses of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of alopecia areata totalis or universalis;Évaluation à long terme de l'efficacité du méthotrexate seul ou associé à de faibles doses de corticoïdes dans le traitement des pelades décalvantes totales

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 137, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 507-513

  Chartaux, E ^a   Joly, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata totalis; Alopecia areata universalis; Methotrexate; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NAUSEA; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG SCREENING; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956262813     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2010.06.031     Document Type: Article

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