Juvenil pitiriazis rubra pilaris responding to treatment with acitretin case report; [Asitretin tedavisine yanit veren juvenil pitiriazis rubra pilaris]
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2001
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Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is a rare erythematous scaling disorder of unknown aetiology. Here a 15 year-old girl having both clinic and histopathologic features of pityriasis rubra pilaris, who was classified as type III according to Griffiths (juvenil classical form) and treated with acitretin is presented while the treatment modalities are reviewed.
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corticosteroid , cyclosporin , etretin , methotrexate , methoxsalen , retinol , adolescent , article , case report , clinical feature , disease classification , female , histopathology , human , pathogenesis , photochemotherapy , pityriasis rubra pilaris , PUVA , skin manifestation , ultraviolet B radiation