Mucous membrane pemphigoid: Management of advanced ocular disease with intravenous cyclophosphamide and amniotic membrane transplantation [18]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 692-694

  Yesudian, P D ^a   Armstrong, S ^a   Cawood, J I ^a   Allan, R B ^b   Mendelsohn, S S ^a   Kaye, S B ^c  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

AGED; AMNION; AMNION TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AMNION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 24344479276     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06826.x     Document Type: Letter

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