Pemphigus, pregnancy, and plasmapheresis

Cutis

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 327-329

  Shieh, Sherry ^a,b   Fang, Yisheng V ^a,b   Becker, Joanne L ^a,b   Holm, Allison ^a   Beutner, Ernest H ^a,c   Helm, Thomas N ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^c Depts of Dermatol and Microbiology

^d Depts Dermatol Pathol Anat Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DESMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEMPHIGUS; PLACENTA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RISK; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 2542580050     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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