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Juvenile generalized pustular psoriasis with IL36RN mutation treated with short-term infliximab.
Dermatologic therapy - 1 May 2016
Pan Junwei, Qiu Li, Xiao Ting, Chen Hong-Duo
Abstract excerpt
A 8-year-old Chinese boy with generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) refractory to cyclosporine and methylprednisolone was treated successfully with two infusions of infliximab 3.3 mg/kg. He remained in remission for 21 months. Direct sequencing of IL36RN gene showed a homozygous mutation, c.115 + 6T>C. Juvenile GPP is a rare severe form of psoriasis occasionally associated with life-threatening complications. Like...
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