Pemphigus herpetiformis is a rare clinical expression of nonendemic pemphigus foliaceus, fogo selvagem, and pemphigus vulgaris

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-46

  Santi, Claudia G ^a   Maruta, Celina W ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^a   Sotto, Mirian N ^a   Rivitti, Evandro A ^a   Diaz, Luis A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IODINE 125; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HERPETIFORM PEMPHIGUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030030377     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90832-4     Document Type: Article

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