Pemphigus vegetans: A clinical, histological, immunopathological and prognostic study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1160-1167

  Zaraa, I ^a   Sellami, A ^a   Bouguerra, C ^b   Sellami, M K ^a   Chelly, I ^a   Zitouna, M ^a   Makni, S ^a   Hmida, A B ^b   Mokni, M ^a   Osman, A B ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

autoimmune; corticosteroids; mortality; pemphigus vegetans; prognosis; relapses

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BUTTOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EAR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM; HALLOPEAU PEMPHIGUS VEGETANS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INGUINAL REGION; LOWER LEG; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUMANN PEMPHIGUS VEGETANS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIS; PEMPHIGUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; UMBILICUS; WOUND HEALING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 80052973857     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03939.x     Document Type: Article

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