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What criteria do you use to identify patients who can attempt biologic withdrawal after a year of complete clearance in recent-onset moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis?

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Dermatology · Wake Forest University
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If the psoriasis was at the horrific end of moderate-to-severe before treatment, I'd be less excited about attempting withdrawal. If the patient had failed numerous treatments in the past, I would not want to play with the dose of the drug that is working, for fear that it may stop working.

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