Treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with fumaric acid esters
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Treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with fumaric acid esters
BACKGROUND Granuloma annulare is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Various therapies have been tried in disseminated granuloma annulare (DGA), including corticosteroids, several variants of psoralen plus ultraviolet-A radiation, ultraviolet- A1 radiation, systemic retinoids, and dapsone, with variable success. We report a patient with recalcitrant DGA who was treated with fumaric aci...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Dermatology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1471-5945
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-2-5