Atypical pemphigus involving the esophagus with IgG antibodies to desmoglein 3 and IgA antibodies to desmoglein 1

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 354-355

  Inui, Shigeki ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^c   Tsutsui, Shusaku ^b   Fukuhara Yoshida, Saho ^a   Itami, Satoshi ^a   Katayama, Ichiro ^a  

^a Departments of Dermatology   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 33745854480     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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