Pemphigus in Israel - An epidemiologic analysis of cases in search of risk factors

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 410-412

  Wohl, Yonit ^a,b   Brenner, Sarah ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Occupational pemphigus induction; Pemphigus epidemiology; Pesticides; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ETIOLOGY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEMPHIGUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEMPHIGUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0038340387     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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