Lower-dose thalidomide therapy effectively treats cutaneous lupus erythematosus but is limited by neuropathic toxicity

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1407-1409

  Frankel, Hillary C ^a   Sharon, Victoria R ^b   Vleugels, Ruth Ann ^a   Merola, Joseph F ^a   Qureshi, Abrar A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALIDOMIDE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84886740053     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05200.x     Document Type: Letter

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