Complete remission of alopecia areata under treatment of chronic hand eczema with alitretinoin

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-111

  Kolesnik, Malgorzata ^a   Gollnick, Harald ^a   Bonnekoh, Bernd ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE PLUS CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; SELENIUM; TACROLIMUS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HAND ECZEMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATCH TEST; REMISSION;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84875022623     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1913     Document Type: Letter

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