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Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator
Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary blistering and erosions disorder affecting the intertriginous regions of the body. There is still no treatment protocol for this disease thus clinicians are highly advised to draw up individualized treatment plan. In this case repor...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31223357 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.65.17877 |
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author | Malan, Malumani Xuejingzi, Wu Si, Jiang Quan, Song Ji |
author_facet | Malan, Malumani Xuejingzi, Wu Si, Jiang Quan, Song Ji |
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description | Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary blistering and erosions disorder affecting the intertriginous regions of the body. There is still no treatment protocol for this disease thus clinicians are highly advised to draw up individualized treatment plan. In this case report, we discuss a case of HHD in a 58-year-old Chinese man who was successfully treated with azathioprine in Hubei province. |
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spelling | pubmed-65609932019-06-20 Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator Malan, Malumani Xuejingzi, Wu Si, Jiang Quan, Song Ji Pan Afr Med J Case Report Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary blistering and erosions disorder affecting the intertriginous regions of the body. There is still no treatment protocol for this disease thus clinicians are highly advised to draw up individualized treatment plan. In this case report, we discuss a case of HHD in a 58-year-old Chinese man who was successfully treated with azathioprine in Hubei province. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6560993/ /pubmed/31223357 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.65.17877 Text en © Malumani Malan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Malan, Malumani Xuejingzi, Wu Si, Jiang Quan, Song Ji Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
title | Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
title_full | Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
title_fullStr | Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
title_full_unstemmed | Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
title_short | Hailey-Hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
title_sort | hailey-hailey disease: the role of azathioprine an immunomodulator |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31223357 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.65.17877 |
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