Pemphigus vulgaris of the uterine cervix: Misinterpretation of papanicolaou smears [1]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-356

  Lobo, Alice Z C ^a   De Sousa Jr , Joaquim X ^a   Aoki, Valéria ^a   Sotto, Mirian N ^a   De Pereyra, Elsa Aida Gay ^a   Maruta, Celina W ^a   Santi, Cláudia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MOUTH LESION; ORAL BIOPSY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; PEMPHIGUS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33746531706     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0107     Document Type: Letter

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