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Azathioprine therapy in the management of persistent erythema multiforme
Author(s) -
JONES R.RUSSELL
Publication year - 1981
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1981.tb00780.x
Subject(s) - azathioprine , medicine , erythema multiforme , etiology , dermatology , surgery , erythema , disease
SUMMARY Two cases of recurrent erythema multiforme of unknown aetiology are reported. The term ‘persistent’ is appropriate as the lesions recurred whenever steroid therapy was discontinued. Both patients were eventually controlled with azathioprine alone, and one patient required treatment for 3 years.