Bullous pemphigoid with a prolonged prodrome

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 433-436

  Nakatani, Tomomi ^b   Inaoki, Makoto ^a,b   Takehara, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BP230; Bullous pemphigoid; Eosinophil; Hypereosinophilic syndrome; Prodrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; PRODROME; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECZEMA; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47149092404     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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