A 48-year-old man with a 27-year history of debilitating recurrent aphthous stomatitis major and pustular skin lesions was treated successfully with thalidomide. Side effects have not been encountered during a 6-month symptom-free period, while he has taken 25 mg per day. The drug is currently unavailable in this country except for the treatment of leprosy. It is hoped that publication of the dramatic response to thalidomide in this one instance will encourage greater interest in this potentially useful drug.
BT - Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3477744?dopt=Abstract DA - 1987 Sep DO - 10.1016/0030-4220(87)90006-5 IS - 3 J2 - Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. LA - eng N2 -A 48-year-old man with a 27-year history of debilitating recurrent aphthous stomatitis major and pustular skin lesions was treated successfully with thalidomide. Side effects have not been encountered during a 6-month symptom-free period, while he has taken 25 mg per day. The drug is currently unavailable in this country except for the treatment of leprosy. It is hoped that publication of the dramatic response to thalidomide in this one instance will encourage greater interest in this potentially useful drug.
PY - 1987 SP - 289 EP - 92 T2 - Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology TI - Recurrent aphthous stomatitis of the Behçet's type: successful treatment with thalidomide. VL - 64 SN - 0030-4220 ER -