Alopecia areata during treatment of psoriasis with adalimumab and leflunomide: A case and review of the literature

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-110

  Navarro, R ^a   Dauden E ^a   Gallo, E ^a   Sánchez Mateos, D Santiago ^a   Garcia Diez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Alopecia areata; Biological therapy; Leflunomide; Psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALEFACEPT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; EFALIZUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MINOXIDIL; PSORALEN;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLITIS; STOMACH PAIN; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; PSORIASIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84856498977     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335264     Document Type: Review

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