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Recommendations were based on authors' consensus and organised around four relevant clinical questions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty clinical treatment studies were included with evidence assessed and recommendations presented for ciclosporin (alone and in combination with ketoconazole), tacrolimus, prednisolone, azathioprine, photobiomodulation, stem cells, oclacitinib, mycophenolate mofetil, dietary modifications and for surgery following medical treatment. Ciclosporin is recommended as the first\u2010line treatment option with clinical response likely to be dependent on time and dose. 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