Many variants of bullous pemphigoid have been reported, some of which are clinically very atypical. One of the rarest variants is pemphigoid nodularis. We report three patients with this distinct entity. In all three cases patients initially presented with prurigo-like lesions and in one case nodula
Treatment of prurigo nodularis with thalidomide: a case report and review of the literature
β Scribed by Abdullah Alfadley; Khalid Al-Hawsawi; Kristian Thestrup-Pedersen; Khalid Al-Aboud
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
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