Case of pemphigus foliaceus that shifted into pemphigus vulgaris after adrenal tumor resection

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Awazawa, Ryoko ^a   Yamamoto, Yu Ichi ^a   Gushi, Makiko ^a   Taira, Kiyohito ^a   Yagi, Nobutake ^a   Asato, Yutaka ^a   Hagiwara, Keisuke ^a,b   Uezato, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Chuo Dermatological Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumor; Cushing's syndrome; Pemphigus foliaceus; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MINOCYCLINE; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MOUTH CAVITY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; RASH; SQUAMOUS CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CUSHING SYNDROME; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547743864     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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