Oral alitretinoin for the treatment of recalcitrant pityriasis rubra pilaris

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-88

  Schmitt, Laurenz ^a   Inhoff, Oliver ^a   Dippel, Edgar ^a,b  

^a Clinical Centre of the City of Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hair loss; Retonoids

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALITRETINOIN; CAPSAICIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ETRETIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUVA; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79957627051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327704     Document Type: Article

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