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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St Thomas Hosp, St Johns Inst Dermatol, Professorial Unit, London SE1 7EH, EnglandSt Thomas Hosp, St Johns Inst Dermatol, Professorial Unit, London SE1 7EH, England
Borcea, A
Greaves, MW
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St Thomas Hosp, St Johns Inst Dermatol, Professorial Unit, London SE1 7EH, EnglandSt Thomas Hosp, St Johns Inst Dermatol, Professorial Unit, London SE1 7EH, England