Pemphigus vulgaris of the uterine cervix revisited: Case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 304-307

  Wright, Colleen ^a,b   Pipingas, Anastasios ^a   Grayson, Wayne ^a   Leiman, Gladwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal smear; Cervix; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0034050550     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(200005)22:5<304::AID-DC9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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