Drug-induced pemphigus. Does a relationship exist between inducing drug and lesion topography?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-158

  Brenner, Sarah ^a   Bialy Golan, Anat ^a   Ophir, Joseph ^a   Ruocco, Vincenzo ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug induced pemphigus; Drug specific lesion distributions; Lesion distribution

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY; PRAZOSIN; STEROID; THIOL GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0030750964     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(97)00628-4     Document Type: Article

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