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A Comparison of Oral and Topical Corticosteroids in Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid

2002; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 346; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa011592

1533-4406

P. Joly, Jean‐Claude Roujeau, Jacques Bénichou, Catherine Picard, Brigitte Dréno, E. Delaporte, Loı̈c Vaillant, M. D’Incan, P. Plantin, C. Bédane, Paul R. Young, Philippe Bernard,

Urticaria and Related Conditions

Bullous pemphigoid is the most common autoimmune blistering skin disease of the elderly. Because elderly people have low tolerance for standard regimens of oral corticosteroids, we studied whether highly potent topical corticosteroids could decrease mortality while controlling disease.