Biologics in dermatology

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-558

  Chandler, David ^a   Bewley, Anthony ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological response modifiers; Biologics; Dermatology; Immunopathogenesis; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; APREMILAST; AZATHIOPRINE; B RAF KINASE INHIBITOR; BRODALUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; DABRAFENIB; DACARBAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETANERCEPT; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; INFLIXIMAB; IPILIMUMAB; IXEKIZUMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OMALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; RITUXIMAB; SORAFENIB; TICILIMUMAB; TOFACITINIB; TRAMETINIB; UNINDEXED DRUG; USTEKINUMAB; VEMURAFENIB;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALOPECIA AREATA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DEHYDRATION; DERMATOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MELANOMA; MONOTHERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84876440869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph6040557     Document Type: Review

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