Treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare recalcitrant to topical therapy: A retrospective 10-year analysis with comparison of photochemotherapy alone versus photochemotherapy plus oral fumaric acid esters

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1319-1321

  Wollina, U ^a   Langner, D ^a  

^a ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DIMETHYLFUMARIC ACID; FUMADERM; FUMADERM INITIAL; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FUMARIC ACID ESTER; HYDROXYUREA; MELADINE LOSUNG; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNICARBATE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NAUSEA; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ESTERS; FEMALE; FUMARATES; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866257378     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04320.x     Document Type: Letter

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