Case of pemphigus vulgaris in oral mucosa showing an extension to the body surface with recurrent varicella

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 951-954

  Horiguchi, Yuji ^a   Fujii, Shinobu ^a   Takase, Sawako ^a   Mori, Ryoko ^a  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; KERATINOCYTE; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; RASH; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEMPHIGUS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28444444198     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02285.x     Document Type: Article

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