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E. B. TAUBER, M.D.; GEORGE E. CLARKE, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1939;40(1):82-89.

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We do not propose to enter into the controversial subject of the cause of pemphigus. We wish merely to report on the more or less successful use of massive doses of viosterol in the treatment of this condition.

Ludy and his associates¹ reported 6 cases of successful treatment with viosterol in variable amounts, 12 to 45 cc. daily, during the height of the disease. These amounts correspond approximately to 120,000 and 450,000 international units of vitamin D daily. King and Hamilton² have recently reported the successful use of concentrated viosterol in a case of pemphigus vulgaris. The average daily dose used in this case during the clearing of the lesions was 400,000 units of vitamin D. The maintenance dose after the clearing of the lesions was 100,000 units.

Although the cause of pemphigus has not definitely been established, it may be reasonably supposed to be some form of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CINCINNATI

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, University of Cincinnati Medical School.

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