Immunoglobulin A pemphigus associated with immunoglobulin A gammopathy and lung cancer

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 341-345

  Petropoulou, Haritini ^a   Politis, George ^b   Panagakis, Pantelis ^a   Hatziolou, Eftihia ^c   Aroni, Kiriaki ^c   Kontochristopoulos, George ^a  

^a ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Chest Clinic   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin A gammopathy; Immunoglobulin A pemphigus; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NAVELBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAMMOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IGA PEMPHIGUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A GAMMOPATHY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PRURITUS; RASH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCORNEAL PUSTULAR DERMATOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45249107072     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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