Tufted hair folliculitis in a woman treated with trastuzumab

Targeted Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-296

  Rosman, Ilana S ^a   Anadkat, Milan J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous toxicity; Dermatology; Folliculitis; Human epidermal receptor; Trastuzumab

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP PRURITUS; TUFTED HAIR FOLLICULITIS;

ALOPECIA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952703611     PISSN: 17762596     EISSN: 1776260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11523-010-0162-5     Document Type: Article

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