Treatment of cicatricial pemphigoid with tetracycline and nicotinamide.
Cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune blistering disease involving predominantly mucosal areas in elderly patients. It runs a chronic relapsing course. Immunosuppressive treatments are frequently complicated by adverse effects and require careful monitoring. A 69-year-old woman is reported who...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Sprog: | English |
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1995
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| Summary: | Cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune blistering disease involving predominantly mucosal areas in elderly patients. It runs a chronic relapsing course. Immunosuppressive treatments are frequently complicated by adverse effects and require careful monitoring. A 69-year-old woman is reported who responded well to a simple regimen of combined tetracycline and nicotinamide after 15 years of inadequate disease control and numerous adverse effects from immunosuppressive agents. |
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