Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus: An Update on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 135-146

  Hejazi, Emily Z ^a,b   Werth, Victoria P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA INTERFERON; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYTOKINE; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RETINOID; SUNSCREEN; THALIDOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HLA ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOPROVOCATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIMALARIALS; CALCINEURIN INHIBITORS; CYTOKINES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALIDOMIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84961712017     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: 11791888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40257-016-0173-9     Document Type: Review

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