Immunosuppressive Therapy of Pemphigus Vulgaris Complicated by Nocardia Pneumonia: Gold as an Alternate Therapy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 27-28

  Murdock, David K ^a   Lookingbill, Donald P ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; AUROTHIOMALATE; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCARDIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZATHIOPRINE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GOLD SODIUM THIOMALATE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MIDDLE AGE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PEMPHIGUS; PNEUMONIA; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0025038074     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1990.01670250031003     Document Type: Article

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