Development of familial benign chronic pemphigus in a patient undergoing treatment with efalizumab for psoriasis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-606

  Santos Juanes, J ^a   Coto Segura, P ^a   Saavedra, J ^b   Laviano, S ^b   Galache, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VALLE DEL NALÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; EFALIZUMAB; ETRETIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAILEY HAILEY DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 63849285035     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02979.x     Document Type: Letter

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