Acitretin as a Therapeutic Option for Chronic Hand Eczema

Margaret Song¹, Hyun-Joo Lee¹, Won-Ku Lee¹, Hoon-Soo Kim¹, Hyun-Chang Ko¹, Moon-Bum Kim^{1

2}, Byung-Soo Kim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
² Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Margaret Song et al. Ann Dermatol. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;29(3):385-387.

doi: 10.5021/ad.2017.29.3.385. Epub 2017 May 11.

Margaret Song¹, Hyun-Joo Lee¹, Won-Ku Lee¹, Hoon-Soo Kim¹, Hyun-Chang Ko¹, Moon-Bum Kim^{1

2}, Byung-Soo Kim^{1

2}

¹ Department of Dermatology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
² Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors have nothing to disclose.

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