Aggressive immunosuppressive therapy for a refractory case of IgA pemphigus

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 744-746

  Hash, Kendall Sibley ^a   Rencic, Adrienne ^a   Hernandez, Maria Ines ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Carlos Nousari, H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; DESMOGLEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAILEY HAILEY DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A PEMPHIGUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0036283316     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.6.744     Document Type: Article

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