A clinical study of patients with pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceous: An 11-year retrospective study (1996-2006)

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 641-643

  Ishii, N ^a   Maeyama, Y ^a   Karashima, T ^a   Nakama, T ^a   Kusuhara, M ^a   Yasumoto, S ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MINOCYCLINE; MIZORIBINE; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ONSET AGE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DAPSONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49649109905     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02881.x     Document Type: Article

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