Successful treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with methotrexate

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1123-1124

  Plotner, A N ^a   Mutasim, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Granuloma annulare; Methotrexate

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARM; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOOT; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEADACHE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INSOMNIA; LEG; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78249256081     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09923.x     Document Type: Letter

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