Acute zoster in known pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid: Avoiding the "disease flare" trap

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Stevenson, Mary L ^a   Levitt, Jacob O ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TROPONIN; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EROSION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALAISE; MALE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX WALL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79956132730     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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