Plasmapheresis therapy in pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Mazzi, Gustavo ^a   Raineri, Antonino ^a   Zanolli, Francesco Angelo ^a   Da Ponte, Claudio ^a   De Roia, Dina ^a   Santarossa, Liliana ^a   Guerra, Renato ^a   Orazi, Bianca Maria ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; Pemphigus vulgaris; Plasmapheresis; Therapeutic plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037294082     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-0502(02)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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