Two Cases of Successful Treatment of Refractory Chronic Inflammatory Skin Disease, Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis with Oral Alitretinoin
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Vol. 29, No. 4, 2017 503 Received July 11, 2016, Revised August 1, 2016, Accepted for publication August 8, 2016 *These authors contributed equally to this work and should be considered co-first authors. Corresponding author: Hye One Kim, Department of Dermatology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 1 Singil-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07441, Korea. Tel: 82-2-829-5221, Fax: 82-2-832-3237, E-mail: [email protected] Chun Wook Park, Department of Dermatology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 1 Singil-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07441, Korea. Tel: 82-2-829-5221, Fax: 82-2-832-3237, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
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دوره 29 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017