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Successful treatment of Grover's disease with calcipotriol Volume 8, numéro 1, January - February 1998

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Department of Dermatology, Hospital de Sao Joao, alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200 Porto, Portugal
  • Page(s) : 33-5
  • Année de parution : 1998

Transient acantholytic dermatosis (Grover's disease) is a disorder of unknown origin, although reports assuming associations with internal neoplasia have been made [1, 2]. Recently, calcipotriol has been employed as a useful treatment of the acantholytic component of Grover's disease [3] and of dyskeratotic conditions such as ichthyosis and Darier's disease [4,5]. An 84-year-old patient with pruritic cutaneous lesions compatible [...]