Childhood oral mucous membrane pemphigoid presenting as desquamative gingivitis in a 4-year-old girl

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-354

  Lourenço, Silvia Vanessa ^a   Boggio, Paula ^a   Agner Machado Martins, Luis E ^a   Santi, Cláudia G ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^a   Menta Simonsen Nico, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Desquamative gingivitis; Mucous membrane; Oral pemphigoid

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESQUAMATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVAL BIOPSY; GINGIVITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33746515613     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0083     Document Type: Article

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