Abstract

Classic teaching recommends the addition of an immunosuppressive agent, such as azathioprine, to systemic corticosteroids as the initial treatment of bullous pemphigoid. To date only two controlled studies have looked at adjuvant therapy in the treatment of this disease: one found azathioprine to be steroid-sparing, and the other found the same benefit with plasma exchange. However, neither study was …

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