The mechanism of respiratory failure in paraneoplastic pemphigus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1406-1410

  Nousari, Hossein C ^a   Deterding, Robin ^d   Wojtczack, Henry ^d   Aho, Sirpa ^b   Uitto, Jouni ^b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^c   Anhalt, Grant J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; DOXORUBICIN; ENVOPLAKIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PERIPLAKIN; PLECTIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLISTER; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRONCHI; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; EPITHELIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033529052     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199905063401805     Document Type: Article

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