Clinical-pathologic conference: Cutaneous paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with benign encapsulated thymoma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 400-406

  Hartz, Renee S ^a   Daroca, Philip J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DAPSONE; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; ENALAPRIL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; BREAST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INGUINAL REGION; LEG; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SPIROMETRY; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRANSIENT ACANTHOLYTIC DERMATOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037326341     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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