Treatment of inflammatory and proliferative skin diseases
Winkelmann, R.K.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 28(12): 626-631
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 146028 Document Number: 122649
Treatment of inflammatory and proliferation dermatoses can now be accomplished with pharmacologic agents which inhibit production of mediators or their actions. The immune system can be stimulated by thymosin, imidazo drugs, BCG, corynebacterium parvum and idoxyuridine. Immune complex diseases may be treated with corticosteroids, clofazimine, sulfonamides, antimalarial drugs, and nicotinic acid. Low dose, safe immunosuppressive therapy can successfully control scleromyxedema, guttate parapsoriasis, histiocytosis X, Kaposi's sarcoma, and Sézary syndrome.