Coexistence of mucous membrane pemphigoid and connective-tissue disease

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-159

  Malik, M ^a   Gurcan H M ^a   Ahmed, A R ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPLICATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

ADULT; AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 75849136871     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03222.x     Document Type: Article

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