Nail lichen planus: Successful treatment with etanercept

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-176

  Irla, N ^a   Schneiter, T ^a   Haneke, E ^a   Yawalkar, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biologics; Etanercept; Nail lichen planus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; RETINOID; STEROID; TAZAROTENE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LICHEN PLANUS; MONOTHERAPY; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 78751498787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321419     Document Type: Article

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