Granuloma Annulare

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 315-329

  Keimig, Emily Louise ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GA diabetes; GA etiology; GA hyperlipidemia; GA infection; GA malignancy; GA thyroid; GA treatment; Granuloma annulare (GA)

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCITRIOL; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLOROQUINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETRETINATE; FUMARIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFLIXIMAB; ISOTRETINOIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; NICOTINAMIDE; OFLOXACIN; PSORALEN; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12; RETINOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMIC ERBIUM YAG LASER; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PULSED DYE LASER; PUVA; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; THYROID DISEASES; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOTHERAPY;

ANTIMALARIALS; COMPLEMENT C3; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; NEOPLASMS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETINOIDS; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRACYCLINES; TH1 CELLS; THYROID DISEASES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84937161717     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2015.03.001     Document Type: Review

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