Psoriasis, Cyclosporine, and Pregnancy
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor.— Cyclosporine was first used in the prevention of organ graft rejection, but its potent immunosuppressive effects and apparent lack of bone marrow toxicity may make it suitable for a range of other diseases.1 Perhaps the best defined of these is psoriasis, and the drug is increasingly being used in treating this condition.2 Among the contraindications to treatment with cyclosporine is pregnancy. We report what, to our knowledge, is the first successful pregnancy...