title: Successful treatment of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita using intravenous immunoglobulins.
abstract: We report a 55-year-old man with severe inflammatory epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. The skin lesions did not respond to various immunosuppressive treatments. The combined administration of prednisone, azathioprine, dapsone and colchicine resulted only in a transient and incomplete resolution of the lesions. The bullae and increased skin fragility were successfully controlled by the addition of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sunderkötter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Biel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rütter
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Rütter
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Luger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kolde
mesh_terms: D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D016107:Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D003622:Dapsone; D001379:Azathioprine; D003078:Colchicine; D011241:Prednisone