Controlled Study of Plasma Exchange in Pemphigus

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1988, Pages 1659-1663

  Guillaume, Jean Claude ^a   Roujeau, Jean Claude ^a   Morel, Patrice ^b   Doutre, Marie Sylvie ^c   Guillot, Bernard ^d   Lambert, Daniel ^e   Lauret, Phillipe ^f   Lorette, Gérard ^g   Prigent, François ^b   Triller, Raoul ^h   Vaillant, Loïc ^g  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^h Hôpital de Sebastopol Université de Reins ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE REPORT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023739345     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1988.01670110019004     Document Type: Article

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