Pemphigus in the Mediterranean region of Turkey: A study of 148 cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 523-528

  Uzun, Soner ^a,b   Durdu, Murat ^a,b   Akman, Ayse ^a,b   Gunasti, Suhan ^a,b   Uslular, Canan ^a,b   Memisoglu, Hamdi R ^a,b   Alpsoy, Erkan ^a,b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; MOUTH ULCER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THRUSH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33646194607     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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