Contact pemphigus: A side-effect of imiquimod therapy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 765-767

  Lo Schiavo, Ada ^a   Sangiuliano, Sonia ^a   Puca, Rosa Valentina ^a   Brunetti, Giampiero ^a   Ruocco, Eleonora ^a   Cozzi, Roberto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; DESMOGLEIN 1 ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 3 ANTIBODY; HLA DQ1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR14 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; IMIQUIMOD; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VIRUS DNA;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LETTER; MORNING DOSAGE; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PEMPHIGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMISSION; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; WART VIRUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOQUINOLINES; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PEMPHIGUS; PREDNISONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 47649107703     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03533.x     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Lombardi ML, Mercuro O, Ruocco V, et al. Common human leucocyte antigen alleles in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus Italian patients. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 113: 107-110.
2. Ruocco E, Aurilia A, Ruocco V. Precautions and suggestions for pemphigus patients. Dermatology 2001; 203: 201-207.
3. Miller RL, Gerster JF, Owens ML, et al. Imiquimod applied topically: A novel immune response modifier and new class of drug. Int J Immunopharmacol 1999; 21: 1-14.
4. Fleischmann M, Célérier P, Bernard P, et al. Long-term interferon-alpha therapy induces autoantibodies against epidermis. Dermatology 1996; 192: 50-55.
5. Ruocco E, Baroni A, Rossiello L, et al. Imiquimod contact pemphigus: A comment (Letter to the editor). Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2004; 115: 242-243.