Pemphigus foliaceus in an 11-year-old boy with dermatomyositis: Simple coincidence or familial immunological background? [12]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 838-839

  Narbutt, J ^a   Torzecka, J D ^a   Sysa Jedrzejowska, A ^a   Pas, H H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ENALAPRIL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0038578682     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05256.x     Document Type: Letter

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