Persistent alopecia induced by vismodegib

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1671-1672

  Alkeraye, S ^a   Maire, C ^a   Desmedt, E ^a   Templier, C ^a   Mortier, L ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISMODEGIB; ANILIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER REGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; ANILIDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIDINES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84930382174     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13630     Document Type: Letter

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