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The Lancet, 2005 Pemphigus is a rare autoimmune disease that results in blistering of the skin and oral cavity. It is caused by autoantibodies directed against cell-surface antigens on keratinocytes, which when targeted lose their cellular adhesion properties and separate from one another to form blisters within the epidermis.
Jean-Claude, Bystryn +1 more
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Dental Clinics of North America, 2013 Pemphigus vulgaris and paraneoplastic pemphigus are 2 subtypes of pemphigus that involve the oral mucosa. These autoimmune blistering disorders have antibodies targeted against proteins of keratinocyte adhesion, thereby causing acantholysis. Clinical findings include oral erosions and flaccid cutaneous bullae and erosions.
Stoopler, Eric T +2 more
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Paraneoplastic pemphigus and reported, identified underlying diseases [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction: Pemphigus is a rare group of autoimmune diseases that promote development of various skin eruptions, the most commonly it presents with blisters.
Paweł Iwańczuk
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Pemphigus Foliaceus and Pemphigus Erythematosus are the Most Common Subtypes of Pemphigus in Northern Finland [PDF]
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2019 Pemphigus is an autoimmune skin disease characterized by blistering and erosions of the skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus is rare in Northern and Western Europe but its incidence is higher around the Mediterranean Sea.
Anna-Kaisa Försti +5 more
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Evaluation of cases of pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus from a reference service in Pará state, Brazil [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 BACKGROUND: Pemphigusis a bullous, rare and chronic autoimmune disease. There are two major forms of pemphigus: vulgaris and foliaceus. Epidemiological data and clinical outcome in patients diagnosed in the Brazilian Amazon states are still rare ...
Carla Andréa Avelar Pires +5 more
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Localized pemphigus vegetans without mucosal involvement
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2014 Pemphigus vegetans is a rare variant of pemphigus vulgaris. A 62-year-old woman presented with erythematous moist vegetative plaque on the left breast and left groin. There was no mucosal involvement.
V K Jain, N Jindal, S Imchen
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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.
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Post-Pemphigus Acanthomata Presenting as an Isolated, Hyperkeratotic Plaque
Dermatopathology, 2023 Post-pemphigus acanthomas have been rarely discussed in the literature. A prior case series identified 47 cases of pemphigus vulgaris and 5 cases of pemphigus foliaceus, out of which 13 developed acanthomata as a part of the healing process. Additionally,
Rachita Pandya +4 more
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Protease inhibitors prevent plasminogen-mediated, but not pemphigus vulgaris-induced, acantholysis in human epidermis [PDF]
, 2003 Pemphigus is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes. It is caused by autoantibodies directed against desmosomes, which are the principal adhesion structures between epidermal keratinocytes.
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, 2022 Pemphigus is a group of chronic mucocutaneous blistering diseases caused by autoantibodies directed against the desmosomal cadherins desmoglein 1 and/or desmoglein 3 (Table 8.1). Pemphigus can be divided into two major forms, pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and
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