Methotrexate for urticarial vasculitis
Stack, P.S.
Annals of Allergy 72(1): 36-38
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4738 PMID: 8291748 Document Number: 426830
A patient with urticarial vasculitis unresponsive to all treatments except systemic corticosteroids responded completely to low-dose oral methotrexate, allowing withdrawal of corticosteroids. Methotrexate is a proven treatment for other immunologic diseases, and low doses seem to carry an acceptable safety profile. Its use in urticarial vasculitis may be appropriate in selected patients.
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