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Successful treatment of cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis with low-dose methotrexate.

Astrid Steen, Kay H. Steen, R. Bauer, Thomas Bieber

British Journal of Dermatology · 2001 · 78 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

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).

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