Paraneoplastic pemphigus without an underlying neoplasm

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-566

  Park, G T ^a   Lee, J H ^b   Yun, S J ^b   Lee, S C ^b   Lee, J B ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Paraneoplastic pemphigus; Underlying neoplasm

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEOPLASM; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; ULTRASOUND;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 33846991572     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07605.x     Document Type: Article

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