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High-dosage ustekinumab for the treatment of severe hidradenitis suppurativa

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  1. Dermatologie Surgery Unit, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Lisa Scholl & Falk G. Bechara

  2. Department of Dermatology, Katharinen Hospital, Unna, Germany

    Schapoor Hessam

  3. Institute of Dermatology, F. Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Université Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Simone Garcovich

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Scholl, L., Hessam, S., Garcovich, S. et al. High-dosage ustekinumab for the treatment of severe hidradenitis suppurativa. Eur J Dermatol 29, 659–661 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2019.3663

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