Paraneoplastic pemphigus: A refractory autoimmune mucocutaneous disease

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 434-437

  Ng, Patricia P L ^a   Rencic, Adrienne ^a   Nousari, H Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAUNORUBICIN DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYDAUNORUBICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0036754955     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10227-001-0130-x     Document Type: Article

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