Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Persistent Pemphigoid Gestationis with Steroid Induced Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome
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Vol. 26 No. 5, 2014 661 Received July 23, 2013, Revised October 17, 2013, Accepted for publication October 17, 2013 Corresponding author: Kyu Uang Whang, Department of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea. Tel: 82-2-709-9369, Fax: 82-2-709-9347, 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. Fig. 1. (A) Large tense bullae and erythematous pruritic plaques on the arm. (B) Improved skin lesions with postinflammatory hyperpigmentation after intravenous immunoglobulin combination treatment. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.5.661
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دوره 26 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014