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Intravenous immunoglobulin in resistant livedoid vasculopathy: Analysis of a case series
Author(s) -
Ozden Muge G.,
Ozdemir Hilal,
Şenturk Nilgun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.13229
Subject(s) - medicine , intravenous immunoglobulins , antibody , retrospective cohort study , surgery , gastroenterology , dermatology , immunology
We report a retrospective analysis the efficacy of high‐dose intravenous immunoglobulins on 9 patients with Livedoid vasculopathy for whom resistant to immunosuppressants plus anticoagulants or could not be prescribed. Intravenous immunoglobulins were used 2 g/kg per month in these patients. The treatment induced stabilization of the disease and all patients demonstrated improvement with IVIg. Complete and partial clinical response was achieved in 6 and 3 patients respectively.