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Abstract
Leflunomide is an oral disease-modifying antirheumatic drug administered to patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. This drug inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, an enzyme critical in the production of intracellular pyrimidines, and down-regulates tumor necrosis factor-alfa activity. Leflunomide has demonstrated usefulness in treating cutaneous psoriasis along with other dermatologic and rheumatologic conditions.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21962758 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.08.025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Acad Dermatol ISSN: 0190-9622 Impact factor: 11.527