No mucosal involvement in a patient with paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with thymoma and myasthenia gravis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 986-988

  Lee, S E ^a   Hashimoto, T ^b   Kim, S C ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell mediated cytotoxicity; Mucosal involvement; Paraneoplastic pemphigus

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51849133143     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08763.x     Document Type: Letter

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