Successful Treatment of a Bullous Pemphigoid Patient with Rituximab Who Was Refractory to Corticosteroid and Omalizumab Treatments
Omalizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody which is an FDA-approved treatment of severe allergic asthma and inhibits IgE binding to FcεRI. According to increasing evidence of IgE inhibition, omalizumab was suggested as a therapeutic approach for bullous pemphigoid (BP). Rituximab has been reporte...
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Main Authors: | Aslı Bilgiç Temel (Author), Cumhur Ibrahim Bassorgun (Author), Ayşe Akman-Karakaş (Author), Erkan Alpsoy (Author), Soner Uzun (Author) |
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Karger Publishers,
2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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