Bullous pemphigoid in late childhood successfully treated with mycophenolate mofetil as an adjuvant therapy

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 537-539

  Fox, John C ^a   Kenkare, Sonya ^b   Petronic Rosic, Vesna ^a   Soltani, Keyoumars ^a   Sethi, Aisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOMEPRAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957325401     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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