Paraneoplastic pemphigus with fatal pulmonary involvement in a woman with a mesenteric Castleman tumour

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-316

  Wolff, H ^e   Kunte, C ^e   Messer, G ^e   Rappersberger, K ^a   Held, E ^b   Lohrs U ^c   Plewig, G ^e   Meurer, M ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Castleman tumour; Paraneoplastic pemphigus; Pulmonary involvement

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CELL ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MESENTERY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032989846     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02669.x     Document Type: Article

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