Twenty patients with vulvar dystrophy (19 Lichen sclerosus, 1 Lichen ruber planus) were treated for 3 months with etretinate (Tigason) with an initial dose 0.54 mg/kg/day, maintenance dosage 0.26 mg/kg/day. All the patients had been unsuccessfully treated previously with topical oestrogen and
Oral retinoids have been largely introduced in the management of psoriasis. The beneficial effect, however, differs according to the clinical type and requires an appropriate dosimetry: Pustular types respond rapidly and sufficiently to high initial doses (75 mg/d). In psoriatic erythroderma low
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