Recalcitrant severe erosive cutaneous lichen planus treated with extracorporeal photopheresis monotherapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 441-443

  Elewa, R ^a   Altenburg, A ^a   Zouboulis, C C ^a  

^a DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETRETIN; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOPHERESIS; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEARING ACUITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH LESION; MUCOSAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SIDE EFFECT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPHERESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960621776     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10378.x     Document Type: Letter

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