Use of anti-collagenase properties of doxycycline in treatment of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency panniculitis.

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Use of anti-collagenase properties of doxycycline in treatment of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency panniculitis.

Acta dermato-venereologica - 1 Jan 1991

Humbert P, Faivre B, Gibey R, Agache P

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Three patients (a 71-year-old man and 2 women, 73 and 50 years, respectively) with recurrent panniculitis associated with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency are presented. Because the concept of chronic and exaggerated inflammatory response in the patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency is based...

Topics

Aged
Chronic Disease
Doxycycline
Female
Humans
Male
Microbial Collagenase
Middle Aged
Necrosis
Panniculitis
Phenotype
alpha 1-Antitrypsin
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

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