Bullous pemphigoid of childhood: A rare disease with diagnostic and management challenges

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-214

  Majmudar, V ^a   Herath, D ^a   O'Toole, E A ^a   Harrison, A ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE PLUS FUSIDIC ACID; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRIN; FUCIBET; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG COMBINATION;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REMISSION; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; VESICULAR RASH; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75849118857     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03091.x     Document Type: Article

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