Dupilumab Treatment for Prurigo Nodularis and Pruritis

September 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 9 | Case Reports | 940 | Copyright © September 2019


Ross Tanis MD MS,ª Katalin Ferenczi MD,B Michael Payette MD MBAB

aUniversity of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 

BUConn Health, Department of Dermatology, Farmington, CT 

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Michael Payette MD MBA Payette@centralctderm.com
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