Abstract
Treatment modalities and therapeutic response experience support the use of immunotherapy in the treatment of many diseases in all fields of medicine. The aim of this article is to conduct and present a review of literature on the use of immunotherapy in the treatment of skin diseases analyzing scientific literature available up to January 2012. Studies that presented evidence-based data were selected. The article discusses how blocking or reverting the effect of a specific immunologic disequilibrium can treat dermatoses and intends to transfer a large amount of immunotherapy knowledge into a historical perspective for physicians naive to immunotherapy practices.
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