Manifest hair repigmentation associated with etretinate therapy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2017, Pages e34-e35

  Nagase, Kotaro ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETRETINATE; KERATOLYTIC AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; EYEBROW; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR REPIGMENTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUSTULE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSORIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETRETINATE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; PSORIASIS;

EID: 84978834483     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13514     Document Type: Letter

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