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Clinical Trial
. 1986 Aug;115(2):211-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1986.tb05720.x.

Treatment of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus with an oral gold compound (auranofin)

K Dalziel, G Going, P H Cartwright, R Marks, G W Beveridge, N R Rowell
Clinical Trial

Treatment of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus with an oral gold compound (auranofin)

K Dalziel et al. Br J Dermatol. 1986 Aug.

Abstract

Twenty-three patients with severe longstanding discoid lupus erythematosus, unresponsive to conventional treatments, were treated with oral gold in a multicentre open study. Nineteen patients showed clinical improvement and in four of these there was complete resolution of lesions. Adverse reactions were generally mild and self limiting.

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