Treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with oral vitamin E: 'Primum Nil Nocere'

Dermatology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-88

  Poppe, Heiko ^a   Poppe, Lidia M ^a   Goebeler, Matthias ^a   Trautmann, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fumaric acid ester; Granulomatous skin disease; Interleukin 1 ; Nuclear factor B; Psoralen plus ultraviolet A; Tumour necrosis factor inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTER; FUMARIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; NICOTINAMIDE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; RETINOID; TRANILAST; ZILEUTON;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED GRANULOMA ANNULARE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUVA; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885631932     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353528     Document Type: Article

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