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Successful treatment of cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis with low‐dose methotrexate
Author(s) -
Steen A.E.,
Steen K.H.,
Bauer R.,
Bieber T.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04298.x
Subject(s) - langerhans cell histiocytosis , methotrexate , medicine , histiocytosis , dermatology , disease
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) can be a difficult therapeutic problem. We present a 40‐year‐old woman with a 4‐year history of LCH who was successfully treated with low‐dose methotrexate (20 mg weekly).