Pulse therapy: Opening new vistas in treatment of pemphigus
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Pulse intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy in pemphigus.
BACKGROUND Adjuvant therapy is commonly used in pemphigus to mitigate the high morbidity and mortality associated with the use of corticosteroids and improve disease control. However, these adjuvant agents are not without adverse effects of their own, including an increased risk of malignancy with the use of oral immunosuppressives. Intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide, which may be more efficaci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_114_19