Rapid and complete resolution of lichen planopilaris in juvenile chronic arthritis treated with rituximab

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-117

  Erras, Samar ^a   Mouna, Zahlane ^a   Akhdari, Nadia ^a   Belaabidia, Badiaa ^a   Essaadouni, Lamiaa ^a  

^a Mohamed VI Teaching Hospitals   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; CD20 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ASTHENIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; LICHEN PLANUS; MYALGIA; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIGENS, CD20; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS;

EID: 79957472491     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1176     Document Type: Letter

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