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Successful therapy with dupilumab for pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta

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Funding: this research received specific grants from funding agencies in the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2019J01060945) and Intramural funds of C (2021XH026).

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

    Yaxuan Zheng, Lianming Liao & Huichun Su

  2. Department of Pathology, Stvincent Evansville Hosptial, Evansville, IN, 47750, USA

    Hongyu Yang

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Zheng, Y., Liao, L., Yang, H. et al. Successful therapy with dupilumab for pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta. Eur J Dermatol 33, 304–305 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2023.4483

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