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Five patients with severe pemphigus vulgaris refractory to conventional therapy with azathioprine and corticosteroids were treated with cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone. One patient was not evaluable, while the remaining four patients showed a complete response. Duration of response was
An open labeled clinical trial aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety of pulse intravenous cyclophosphamide with daily oral prednisolone in the treatment of pemphigus was carried out. Twenty-six patients (12 men, 14 women; mean age, 48.4 years), comprising 25 cases with pemphigus vulgaris and 1
The extension of bullous lesions in pemphigus to the esophagus is relatively uncommon, especially in patients who appear to be in clinical remission. Very rarely, pemphigus vulgaris may affect the entire esophagus, resulting in complete sloughing of the mucous membrane. A 20-year-old man with
BACKGROUND
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy is widely used in immune-mediated diseases as an immunomodulatory agent and is considered to be a safe biologic agent.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency of adverse events associated with IVIG therapy in patients with pemphigus and
The stratified squamous epithelial lining of the esophagus is similar to that of the skin, and occasionally conditions that affect the skin tend to have esophageal manifestations. Autoimmune dermatological conditions that present with blisters are referred to as bullous dermatoses and have been
Twenty-three dogs with positive skin scrapings for Cheyletiella sp. were treated with milbemycin oxime using a protocol approximating 2 mg kg-1 orally once weekly for three weeks. Nineteen of these dogs belonged to a household of 41 dogs and two dogs were in households with one other dog. All
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
Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIgs) exert a variety of immunomodulating activities and are, therefore, increasingly being used for the treatment of immune-mediated as well as autoimmune diseases. There is also accumulating evidence that high-dose IVIg (hdIVIg) is highly efficacious in the treatment