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The use of sulfasalazine and pentoxifylline (low-cost antitumour necrosis factor drugs) as adjuvant therapy for the treatment of pemphigus vulgaris: a comparative study

Mohamed El‐Darouti, Salonas A. Marzouk, Rania Abdel Hay, Amira El Tawdy, MarwaM Fawzy, Tahra M. Leheta, H.A. Gammaz, N. Al Gendy

British Journal of Dermatology · 2009 · 44 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

The use of PTX and SSZ as adjuvant therapy in the treatment of PV induced a faster and more significant decrease in the serum level of TNF-alpha, and this decrease was associated with rapid clinical improvement.

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