Clinical analysis of pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus: A review of 58 cases

Dermatologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Su, Ting Yuan ^a,b   Lin, Ming Wei ^b   Chang, Yun Ting ^a   Liu, Han Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Pemphigus foliaceus; Pemphigus vulgaris; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DOSE RESPONSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SPINE FRACTURE; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; THRUSH; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 15244354143     PISSN: 10278117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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