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OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the potential efficacy of intravenous bolus cyclophosphamide (IVCY) in patients with pyoderma gangrenosum.
METHODS
Consecutive patients with a diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum seen in a period of 3 years in tertiary care referral center were included. Patients received IVCY
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis. Treatment regimens for refractory cases are nonstandardized. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is an emerging treatment with reported success, but the efficacy of IVIG for PG is unknown. In this systematic review of cases and case series,
BACKGROUND
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is increasingly being used to treat inflammatory and autoimmune disease.
OBJECTIVE
To elucidate the efficacy of IVIG as an adjunct treatment for pyoderma gangrenosum (PG).
METHODS
Ten patients with PG were treated with IVIG at Johns Hopkins Department of
Thalidomide, after being banned from the market in the early 1960s because of the worldwide teratogenesis disaster, is currently being rediscovered because of its multiple therapeutic effects in various serious diseases and symptoms. Original studies examined the anxiolytic, mild hypnotic,
BACKGROUND
Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been reported worldwide, it is primarily a disease of the developed world and most studies have reported on Caucasian populations.
METHODS
All IBD patients seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica, between January 2000 and
Smoking is without doubt one of the greatest causes of avoidable illness and death in the modern world. Most well known is the relationship between smoking and numerous cancers, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease. Smoking and most especially nicotine, are, however, sometimes beneficial in