Pulse Dosing of Thioguanine in Recalcitrant Psoriasis
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Pulse dosing of thioguanine in recalcitrant psoriasis.
BACKGROUND Patients with severe psoriasis may be unresponsive to or unable to tolerate the adverse effects of traditional therapy. Thioguanine has been used to treat psoriasis, but experience is limited. Most previous studies have used daily therapy and have demonstrated significant hematologic abnormalities. OBJECTIVE To reduce the adverse effects of traditional thioguanine therapy, our stud...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-987X
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.4.433