Successful treatment of linear IgA disease with mycophenolate mofetil as a corticosteroid sparing agent [4]

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-298

  Talhari, C ^a   Mahnke, N ^a   Ruzicka, T ^a   Megahed, M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SULFAPYRIDINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DISEASE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 17444369749     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01741.x     Document Type: Letter

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