Pesticide-associated pemphigus vulgaris

Cutis

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-54

  Fisher, Kristopher R ^a,b   Higginbotham, Raymond ^a   Frey, Jamie ^a   Granese, Jacqueline ^b   Pillow, Jessica ^a   Skinner, Robert B ^a  

^a Division of Dermatology

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PEMPHIGUS;

ADULT; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 51049116154     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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