Intercellular IgA dermatosis (IgA pemphigus) - Two cases illustrating the clinical heterogeneity of this disorder

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 464-466

  Harman, K E ^a,b   Holmes, G ^a   Bhogal, B S ^a   McFadden, J ^a   Black, M M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; ETRETINATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; SULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0033428959     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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