Childhood Bullous Plemphigoid: Report of a Case with Life-Threatening Course during Homeopathy Treatment

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-163

  Kuenzli, Stéphane ^a   Grimaître, Michel ^a   Krischer, Joachim ^a   Saurat, Jean Hilaire ^a   Calza, Anne Marie ^a   Borradori, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CANTHARIDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; PEMPHIGOID; POISON IVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1942517322     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21215.x     Document Type: Article

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