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Dermatologic therapy · Nov 2009
Case ReportsTreatment of erythrodermic psoriasis in HCV+ patient with adalimumab.
- Antonio Giovanni Richetta, Elisa Maiani, Valentina Carlomagno, Valentina Carboni, Carlo Mattozzi, Simona Giancristoforo, and Stefano Calvieri.
- Department of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases and Plastic Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. antoniorichetta@hotmail.com
- Dermatol Ther. 2009 Nov 1; 22 Suppl 1: S16-8.
AbstractErythrodermic psoriasis is a severe and disabling variant of psoriasis. The authors present the case of a 48-year-old man with psoriasis and hemophilia presented with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treated with pegylated interferon alpha-2a and ribavirin therapy. At the end of antiviral therapy, skin manifestation progressively worsened, becoming erythrodermic, with lack of efficacy of steroid therapy. The authors decided to start biological therapy with induction dose of adalimumab (Humira, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Chicago, IL) 80 mg at Week 0 and 40 mg weekly. In our case, this resulted in a highly effective and safe treatment.
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