Treatment of recalcitrant generalized granuloma annulare with adalimumab

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1466-1468

  Torres, Tiago ^a   Almeida, Teresa Pinto ^a   Alves, Rosario ^a   Sanches, Madalena ^a   Selores, Manuela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; DAPSONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MINOCYCLINE; RETINOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PUVA; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84055184820     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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