Glucocorticosteroid-resistant pemphigoid gestationis: Successful treatment with adjuvant immunoadsorption

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-171

  Westermann, Lilia ^a   Haügel, Rainer ^b   Meier, Markus ^c   Weichenthal, Michael ^b   Zillikens, Detlef ^a   Gläser, Regine ^b   Schmidt, Enno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

autoantibody; BP180; bullous; gestationis; immunoapaheresis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; BETAMETHASONE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 180; CETIRIZINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PRURITUS; SKIN DEFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856269572     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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