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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 Pemphigus is a group of IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases of stratified squamous epithelia, such as the skin and oral mucosa, in which acantholysis (the loss of cell adhesion) causes blisters and erosions. Pemphigus has three major subtypes: pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus and paraneoplastic pemphigus.
Michael Kasperkiewicz +2 more
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Non-classical forms of pemphigus: pemphigus herpetiformis, IgA pemphigus, paraneoplastic pemphigus and IgG/IgA pemphigus [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 The pemphigus group comprises the autoimmune intraepidermal blistering diseases classically divided into two major types: pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceous.
Adriana Maria Porro +3 more
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A Case Series of Recalcitrant Pemphigus [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Pemphigus consists of a group of life threatening autoimmune bullous disorders characterised by flaccid blisters and erosions of the skin and mucosal membranes of oral, laryngeal, conjunctival, pharyngeal, anal, vaginal etc.
Rajkumar Kannan +3 more
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Revisiting the question of pemphigus classification
Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2021 Analysis of various classifications of pemphigus shows that there are no fundamental differences between them. The main distinctions consist in use of diverse terms in naming of some forms of pemphigus and in inclusion or exclusion of certain subtypes ...
Alexey V. Samtsov +5 more
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and its components in a Brazilian sample of pemphigus patients [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 BACKGROUND: Pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris are endemic in the northeastern region of São Paulo State, Brazil. They are treated mainly with systemic corticosteroids, which may provoke osteoporosis; atherosclerosis, higher blood pressure ...
Marcela Vendruscolo Ambiel +1 more
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Current status and considerations on the diagnosis and treatment of pemphigus in China [PDF]
Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijian, 2023 Pemphigus is a rare autoimmune bullous disease with chronic and high rates of relapse. The diagnosis of pemphigus in China has following problems: first, the difficulty of early diagnosis commonly causes missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis with eczema ...
PAN Meng, WANG Jingying
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Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2022 Reflectance confocal microscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic method that enables real-time visualization of tissues in near-histological resolution. Pemphigus is a chronic autoimmune skin disease in which intra-epidermal blisters are formed as a result ...
Marta Kurzeja
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The value of trichoscopy in the differential diagnosis of scalp lesions in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 BACKGROUND: Trichoscopy is becoming increasingly popular in diagnosing hair and scalp diseases. Scalp involvement in pemphigus is common. The scalp may be the first or only site of clinical manifestation of the disease.
Marta Sar-Pomian +3 more
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Clinical, Histopathologic, and Immunohistochemical Features of Patients with IgG/IgA Pemphigus
Biomedicines, 2022 Pemphigus is an autoantibody-mediated blistering disease. In addition to conventional pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, several other types have been reported. Among them, IgG/IgA pemphigus is less well defined and seldom reported.
Yung-Tsu Cho +4 more
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JID Innovations, 2021 Pemphigus is an epidemiologically heterogeneous group of autoimmune bullous diseases comprising pemphigus vulgaris (PV), pemphigus foliaceus, paraneoplastic pemphigus, IgA pemphigus, and pemphigus herpetiformis.
Khalaf Kridin, Enno Schmidt
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