SAPHO syndrome associated with acne conglobata successfully treated with etanercept
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Severe acne successfully treated with etanercept.
Sir, Effective systemic treatments for severe acne vulgaris, such as oral antibiotics, oral isotretinoin and anti-androgens, are often associated with undesirable side-effects or are limited to a selected patient population. Furthermore, some patients with severe acne fail to respond to these therapies (1). Etanercept, a dimeric fusion protein linking part of the human p75 tumour necrosis facto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0929-6646
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.10.001