The Efficacy of Complete Surgical Excision of Keloid and Piercing Sinus Tract on Earlobe Keloid
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370 Ann Dermatol Received February 14, 2012, Revised September 12, 2012, Accepted for publication October 6, 2012 Corresponding author: Weon Ju Lee, Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, 130 Dongdeok-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea. Tel: 82-53-420-5837, Fax: 82-53-426-0770, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ustekinumab. Although controlled clinical trials will be required to establish the effectiveness of ustekinumab in AD, we suggest that ustekinumab might be a useful and safe treatment of refractory AD in young patients.
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دوره 25 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013