Treatment
Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs are the mainstay of treatment. Based on recent studies, corticosteroids can be used in Pulse Therapy/Supra-pharmacological doses once a month to decrease Hypothalamo-pituitary axis inhibition. IVIg, rituximab, mycophenolate mofetil, methotrexate, azathioprine, and cyclophosphamide have also been used with varying degrees of success. It is a difficult disease to control.
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