Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7662, 2008, Pages 123-124

  Joly, Pascal ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGE; AGED; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOTE; PEMPHIGUS;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 47849085664     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a209     Document Type: Editorial

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