Three-microneedle device as an effective option for intralesional corticosteroid administration for the treatment of alopecia areata

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2017, Pages e304-e305

  Ito, Taisuke ^a   Yoshimasu, Takashi ^b   Furukawa, Fukumi ^b   Nakamura, Motonobu ^c   Tokura, Yoshiki ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ALOPECIA AREATA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LETTER; THREE MICRONEEDLE DEVICE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DEVICES; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALOPECIA AREATA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL;

EID: 85021680033     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13950     Document Type: Letter

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