| Literature DB >> 19436973 |
N Booken1, T Schumann, M Fuchslocher, S Goerdt, M Goebeler.
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The therapy of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is occasionally a therapeutic challenge. Topical treatment is often not sufficient and therapy with antimalarials [(hydroxy-) chloroquine] not always successful. We report on a 50-year-old male patient with recalcitrant chronic DLE who experienced within 12 weeks at first improvement and then almost complete remission for 11 months after off-label application of the anti-CD11a antibody efalizumab.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 19436973 DOI: 10.1007/s00105-009-1767-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hautarzt ISSN: 0017-8470 Impact factor: 0.751