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January 2025 in “SAGE Open Medical Case Reports” Deucravacitinib helped regrow hair and reduce plaques in a woman with discoid lupus erythematosus without side effects.
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October 2025 in “Frontiers in Medicine” Ixekizumab has known and some unexpected side effects.
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