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Granulocyte and monocyte apheresis can control juvenile generalized pustular psoriasis with mutation of IL36RN.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2017
Koike Y, Okubo M, Kiyohara T, Fukuchi R, Sato Y, Kuwatsuka S, Takeichi T, Akiyama M, Sugiura K, Utani A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with deficiency of interleukin-36 receptor antagonist (DITRA), due to mutation of IL36RN, exhibit psoriatic phenotypes, typically generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP). We report a paediatric patient with DITRA, whose cutaneous lesions varied from psoriasis vulgaris in infancy to annular pustular psoriasis with acute exacerbation to GPP at 13 years of age. Conventional systemic treatments for GPP, which...
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