Repeated Paradoxical Aggravation of Preexisting Psoriasis during Infliximab Treatment for Crohn's Disease
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Repeated Paradoxical Aggravation of Preexisting Psoriasis during Infliximab Treatment for Crohn's Disease.
As more rheumatologists and dermatologists have begun to use biological agents such as TNF-alpha blocker, they have confronted an unexpected complication: psoriasis was paradoxically aggravated or induced by the TNF-alpha blocker. Although it is not a common complication of TNF-alpha blocker, this aggravation may be more common than previously thought. To our knowledge, most reports about TNF-a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Dermatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1013-9087,2005-3894
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2009.21.1.60