Criteria for diagnosing pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus by reflectance confocal microscopy

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-346

  Kurzeja, Marta ^a   Rakowska, Adriana ^a   Rudnicka, Lidia ^b,c   Olszewska, Malgorzata ^b  

^a CSK MSWiA ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acantholysis; Non invasive skin imaging; Pemphigus foliaceus; Pemphigus vulgaris; Reflectance confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOLYSIS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIES; SKIN IMAGING;

BLOOD VESSELS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; REFLECTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SKIN DEFECT; STRATUM CORNEUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEMPHIGUS; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863539882     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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