Pityriasis rubra pilaris after COVID-19 vaccination: successful treatment with ustekinumab.

An Bras Dermatol

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, EPE, Porto, Portugal; Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Published: June 2024

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