Treatment of prurigo nodularis with dexamethasone-cyclophosphamide pulse therapy
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Dexamethasone-cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in pemphigus.
Fifty patients with pemphigus (45 pemphigus vulgaris, 5 pemphigus foliaceus) were treated with dexamethasone-cyclophosphamide pulse therapy. The pulse consisted of 136 mg dexamethasone dissolved in 5% dextrose given in a drip over a period of 1-2 hours on 3 consecutive days. In addition, 500 mg cyclophosphamide was added in the drip on the first day. Such pulses were given at monthly intervals....
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.174413