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Residents’corner July 2013. Residents’ editorial choice Volume 23, issue 4, July-August 2013

Authors
1 Department of Dermatology, University CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
2 Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LJ
3 Dermatology Department. Clinical University Hospital of Valencia. University of Valencia. Av Blasco IbaÑez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
4 Dermatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
5 Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, University of WÜrzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 WÜrzburg, Germany
6 University of California, San Francisco, Department of Dermatology, 513 Parnassus Avenue HSW-518, San Francisco CA 94143-0511

Treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum with topical factor XIII [1, 2]The treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum remains a challenge for dermatologists, which is reflected in the wide range of immunosuppressive therapies available for its treatment. In this issue of the European Journal of Dermatology, Hoetzenecker et al[1] report on the use of topical coagulation factor XIII in a case series of 6 patients with pyoderma gangrenosum recalcitrant to systemic therapy. Protransglutaminase factor (factor XIII) [...]