S2k guideline for the diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris/foliaceus and bullous pemphigoid;S2k-Leitlinie zur Diagnostik des Pemphigus vulgaris/foliaceus und des bullösen Pemphigoids

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 713-727

  Schmidt, Enno ^a   Goebeler, Matthias ^b   Hertl, Michael ^c   Sardy, Miklõs ^d   Sitaru, Cassian ^e   Eming, Rüdiger ^c   Hofmann, Silke C ^f   Hunzelmann, Nicolas ^g   Kern, Johannes S ^e   Kramer, Harald ^h   Orzechowski, Hans Dieter ⁱ   Pfeiffer, Christiane ^j   Schuster, Volker ^k   Sporbeck, Birte ⁱ   Sticherling, Michael ^l   Worm, Margitta ⁱ   Zillikens, Detlef ^a   Nast, Alexander ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h Dermatologist in Private Practice   (Germany)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; DERMATOLOGY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARDS;

DERMATOLOGY; DERMOSCOPY; GERMANY; HUMANS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84933522220     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddg.12612     Document Type: Article

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