Pemphigus in the Southeastern United States

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 694-698

  Woldegiorgis, Seniat ^a   Swerlick, Robert A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035403629     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194070-00015     Document Type: Article

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