Case report: Pemphigus vulgaris in a patient infected with HIV

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 295-296

  Splaver, Adam ^a   Silos, Stephanie ^b   Lowell, Brooke ^b   Valenzuela, Raphael ^b   Kirsner, Robert S ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOUTH ULCER; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0033949445     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10872910050046304     Document Type: Article

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