Epidemiology of pemphigus in south-western Iran: A 10-year retrospective study (1991-2000)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-105

  Salmanpour, R ^a   Shahkar, H ^a   Namazi, M R ^a,b   Rahman Shenas, M R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DAPSONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ONSET AGE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUNK; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; DAPSONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646009173     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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