A case of pemphigus foliaceus which occurred after five years of remission from pemphigus vulgaris

Dermatology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 174-176

  Kimoto, Masayuki ^a   Ohyama, Manabu ^a   Hata, Yasuki ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^a   Nishikawa, Takeji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELISA; Epitope shift; Epitope spread; Pemphigus foliaceus; Pemphigus vulgaris; Remission

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOGLEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; ISOPROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUTH LESION; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035742722     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051737     Document Type: Article

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