Treatment of autoimmune disease with extracorporeal photochemotherapy: progressive systemic sclerosis.
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In this report, we describe the use of extracorporeal photochemotherapy in n the treatment of two patients with rapidly advancing progressive systemic sclerosis. Both patients experienced improvement in the cutaneous as well as the systemic manifestations of their disease while undergoing therapy. The potential therapeutic mechanisms are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 62 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989