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Impetigo herpetiformis with IL-36RN mutation successfully treated with secukinumab

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

    Manao Kinoshita, Youichi Ogawa, Takashi Okamoto, Shinji Shimada & Tatsuyoshi Kawamura

  2. Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

    Takuya Takeichi & Masashi Akiyama

  3. Department of Dermatology, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan

    Atsushi Osada & Katsuhiko Tsukamoto

  4. Department of Dermatology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

    Kazumitsu Sugiura

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Kinoshita, M., Ogawa, Y., Takeichi, T. et al. Impetigo herpetiformis with IL-36RN mutation successfully treated with secukinumab. Eur J Dermatol 28, 381–382 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3259

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