Coexistence of vitiligo and pemphigus vulgaris in an Indian patient [1]

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-370

  Jain, Rajesh ^a   Dogra, Sunil ^a   Sandhu, Kamaldeep ^a   Handa, Sanjeev ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DEXAMETHASONE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACANTHOLYSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIAN; LETTER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; VITILIGO;

CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0042707595     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20326_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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