Efficacy of combination therapy of steroid and methotrexate for refractory pemphigus

• Main Authors: Miwa Kanaoka (Author), Setsuko Matsukura (Author), Tomoko Okawa (Author), Kazuko Nakamura (Author), Kazuo Takahashi (Author), Michiko Aihara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The first line of treatment for pemphigus is systemic corticosteroids. When steroids alone do not result in remission, additional immunosuppressants are recommended. Twenty‐two patients with pemphigus vulugris were treated with steroids and other immunomodulators. However, they were refract...