Pemphigus Treatment with Azathioprine: Clinical and Immunologic Correlation

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1973, Pages 353-357

  Roenigk, Henry H ^a   Deodhar, Sharad ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD PLATELETS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGE; PEMPHIGUS; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0015595977     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1973.01620180007002     Document Type: Article

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