Bullous pemphigoid after herpes zoster vaccine administration: Association or coincidence?

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1328-1330

  Chacón, Gina R ^a   Sinha, Animesh A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; CLOBETASOL; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISONE; SIMVASTATIN; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLISTER; BODY RASH; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CREAM; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PRURITUS;

AGED; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 80655128220     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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