Successful treatment of bullous pemphigoid with pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide

T Itoh; H Hosokawa; Y Shirai; T Horio

Successful treatment of bullous pemphigoid with pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide

Br J Dermatol. 1996 May;134(5):931-3.

Authors

T Itoh¹, H Hosokawa, Y Shirai, T Horio

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 8736339

Abstract

Pulsed therapy with intravenous cyclophosphamide was successful in a patient with bullous pemphigoid whose disease had proved resistant to other treatments.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use*
Drug Administration Schedule
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Pemphigoid, Bullous / drug therapy*

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Cyclophosphamide