METHOTREXATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE MUCOCUTANEOUS LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

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作者
BOTTOMLEY, WW
GOODFIELD, M
机构
[1] Department of Dermatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, Great George Street
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10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02637.x
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R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
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100206 ;
摘要
We report three women with severe, chronic mucocutaneous lupus erythematosus who showed a significant improvement during oral methotrexate therapy; the improvement was sustained after the drug was discontinued. Their disease had previously been refractory to a wide range of conventional systemic immunosuppressive therapies. Other treatments were progressively withdrawn, and control was maintained, for a variable length of time, with methotrexate alone, or with a small dose of prednisolone.
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