Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 10 , Pages 910-913 , December 2007

Successful treatment of relapsing neuro-Sweet's disease with corticosteroid and dapsone combination therapy

  • Jiro Fukae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, 1129 Nagaoka, Izunokuni, Shizuoka 410-2295, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuyuki Noda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, 1129 Nagaoka, Izunokuni, Shizuoka 410-2295, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenji Fujishima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, 1129 Nagaoka, Izunokuni, Shizuoka 410-2295, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryo Wada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Yoshiike

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobutaka Hattori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuyuki Okuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, 1129 Nagaoka, Izunokuni, Shizuoka 410-2295, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 55 948 3111; fax: +81 55 948 5088.

Received 18 March 2007 ,Revised 29 July 2007 ,Accepted 30 July 2007.

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PII: S0303-8467(07)00206-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.07.025

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 10 , Pages 910-913 , December 2007

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