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Dermatitis herpetiformis effectively treated with heparin, tetracycline and nicotinamide
1Department of Dermatology, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
|June 9, 2000
Abstract:
We report a patient with severe dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) who was intolerant of dapsone, sulphapyridine, systemic steroids, and azathioprine. He was treated effectively with a combination of heparin, tetracycline and nicotinamide.