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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 181-184 |
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Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis with diabetes and hypoalbuminemia successfully treated with cyclosporine, albumin, insulin and metformin
Chembolli Lakshmi, CR Srinivas, Sarah Paul, TV Chitra, K Kanchanamalai, LS Somasundaram
Department of Dermatology, Neonatology and Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore, India
Correspondence Address:
Chembolli Lakshmi
Associate Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore -641004, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.62757
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We report the case of a patient with recurrent impetigo herpetiformis associated with diabetes mellitus, hypoalbuminemia, and hypocalcaemia; who was refractory to corticosteroids. Cyclosporine along with other supportive measures proved to be life-saving with maintenance of pregnancy. |
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