Successful Treatment of Recalcitrant Pemphigus Vulgaris and Pemphigus Vegetans With Etanercept and Carbon Dioxide Laser.

Autor: Ming-Hsien Lin, Chao-Kai Hsu, Yu-Yun Lee, Julia, Hrusa, George J., Heffernan, Michael P., Youker, Summer R.
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Zdroj: Archives of Dermatology; Jun2005, Vol. 141 Issue 6, p680-682, 3p
Abstrakt: Discusses the use of etanercept and carbon dioxide laser to treat recalcitrant pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus vegetans. Case report of a 26-year-old woman presented with a five-month history of painful oral erosions and a one-month history of widespread flaccid vesicles over her face and torso; Therapeutic effect of etanercept; Suggestion that vegetative lesions of pemphigus vegetans may not respond to etanercept therapy but can be treated with carbon dioxide laser.
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