Pemphigus mimicking common skin diseases - Atypical presentation delaying correct diagnosis: Case series of five patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 433-434

  Pavlovsky, Lev ^a,b   Mimouni, Daniel ^a,b   Halachmi, Shlomit ^a,b   Katzenelson, Varda ^a,b   David, Michael ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ETRETIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48949100251     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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