A case of recurrent impetigo herpetiformis treated with systemic corticosteroids and narrowband UVB

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-69

  Bozdag, Kubra ^a   Ozturk, Serap ^a   Ermete, Murat ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Impetigo herpetiformis; Narrowband ultraviolet B; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPETIGO HERPETIFORMIS; ONYCHOLYSIS; PRURITUS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUSTULE; RADIOTHERAPY; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856902040     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2011.602035     Document Type: Article

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