PMID- 9784049
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19981216
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0926-9959 (Print)
IS  - 0926-9959 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 2
DP  - 1998 Sep
TI  - Efficacy of cyclosporine plus etretinate in the treatment of erythrodermic 
      psoriasis (three case reports).
PG  - 177-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: Association of different treatments are often used in erythrodermic 
      psoriasis in order to increase the effectiveness and decrease the incidence of 
      side effects due to single drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three in-patients 
      affected by erythrodermic psoriasis, not responding to cyclosporine, (two 
      patients) and etretinate, (one patient), were treated with the association 
      cyclosporine plus etretinate. RESULTS: Clinical response was prompt to the 
      combined therapy. The two drugs were tapering off gradually over 6 months; the 
      patients maintained the remission for prolonged period. CONCLUSIONS: Combined 
      cyclosporine-etretinate therapy may be considered as an effective and well 
      tolerated treatment of erythrodermic psoriasis in patients not responding to 
      monotherapy regimen.
FAU - Kokelj, F
AU  - Kokelj F
AD  - Institute of Dermatology, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy.
FAU - Plozzer, C
AU  - Plozzer C
FAU - Torsello, P
AU  - Torsello P
FAU - Trevisan, G
AU  - Trevisan G
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
JT  - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
JID - 9216037
RN  - 0 (Dermatologic Agents)
RN  - 65M2UDR9AG (Etretinate)
RN  - 83HN0GTJ6D (Cyclosporine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cyclosporine/*therapeutic use
MH  - Dermatologic Agents
MH  - Etretinate/*therapeutic use
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psoriasis/*drug therapy
MH  - Skin/drug effects/pathology
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 1998/10/23 00:00
MHDA- 1998/10/23 00:01
CRDT- 1998/10/23 00:00
PHST- 1998/10/23 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/10/23 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/10/23 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0926-9959(98)00060-9 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 1998 Sep;11(2):177-9.