Esophageal involvement in cicatricial pemphigoid: A rare cause of dysphagia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-182

  Syn, Wing Kin ^a,b   Ahmed, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign mucous membrane pemphigoid; Cicatricial pemphigoid; Dysphagia; Endoscopic dilatation; Esophageal disease

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 4043056547     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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