Paraneoplastic pemphigus resembling linear IgA bullous dermatosis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1093-1095

  Lee, Joyce Siong See ^a,b   Ng, Patricia Pei Lin ^a,b   Tao, Miriam ^a,b   Lim, Wan Teck ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHLORAMBUCIL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DOXORUBICIN; ENVOPLAKIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERIPLAKIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHINESE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KERATINOCYTE; LEG; LEUKOPENIA; LIP; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN EXFOLIATION; TONGUE;

AGED; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 33748282939     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02796.x     Document Type: Article

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