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Medical treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa

Gregor BE Jemec Roskilde Hospital, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. [email protected]
Pages 1767-1770 | Published online: 25 Feb 2005

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  • •The article gives the most recently updated overview of HS.
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  • ••Describes the impact of disease.
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  • ••An important paper in the understandingof the natural course of HS.
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  • •One of three randomised, controlled trials.
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  • ••A large case series describing surgery.
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  • ••The first randomised, controlled trialof HS.
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  • ••A large case series.
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