Childhood bullous pemphigoid: Report of three cases

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 387-392

  Voltan, Erika ^a   Maeda, Juliana Yumi ^a   Silva, Mariana Andrade Muniz ^a   Maruta, Celina Wakisaka ^a   Santi, Claudia Giuli ^a   De Almeida Zimbres, Silvia ^a   Aoki, Valéria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Auto immunity; Basement membrane zone; Bullous pemphigoid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; RARE DISEASE; REMISSION; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044441284     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00912.x     Document Type: Article

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