Paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with follicular dendritic cell sarcoma and Castleman disease [6]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 214-215

  Marzano, A V ^a   Vezzoli, Pamela ^a   Mariotti, F ^b   Boneschi, V ^a   Caputo, R ^a   Berti, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LETTER; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SARCOMA;

DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; SARCOMA;

EID: 22944479651     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06695.x     Document Type: Letter

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