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Dapsone in the management of autoimmune bullous diseases.

Dermatologic clinics (2011-09-20)
Evan W Piette, Victoria P Werth
ABSTRACT

Dapsone is used in the treatment of autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBD), a group of disorders resulting from autoimmunity directed against basement membrane and/or intercellular adhesion molecules on cutaneous and mucosal surfaces. This review summarizes the limited published data evaluating dapsone as a therapy for AIBD.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
4-Aminophenyl sulfone, 97%
Supelco
Dapsone, VETRANAL®, analytical standard
Dapsone, European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard