Rituximab for the Treatment of Isolated Refractory Desquamative Gingivitis Due to Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
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Rituximab for patients with refractory mucous membrane pemphigoid.
BACKGROUND Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) still represents a potentially life- and sight-threatening disease. In a subset of patients with severe MMP, conventional immunosuppressants are ineffective or contraindicated. OBSERVATIONS Twenty-five patients with severe refractory MMP, including 5 with mucous membrane-dominant epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, received 1 or 2 cycles of rituximab (...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Dermatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2168-6068
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3434