Atypical clinical appearance of pemphigus vulgaris on the face: Case report

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-236

  Marinović, Branka ^a   Mokos, Zrinka Bukvić ^a   Basta Juzbašić, Aleksandra ^a   Jukić, Ines Lakoš ^a   Lončarić, Davorin ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Pašić, Aida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desmogleins; Diagnosis; Face; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EROSION; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIP; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TUMOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 29944439259     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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