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Expression of keratins, epidermal proteins and inflammatory cells in superficial pemphigus dogs [PDF]

Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2018
Superficial pemphigus in dogs is an autoimmune skin disorder. The disease is characterised by the binding of auto-antibodies to desmosomal molecules including desmocollin-1, a major auto-antigen in dogs.
S. Theerawatanasirikul, A. Rungsipipat, W. Banlunara , P. Pongket   +3 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
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Pemphigus [PDF]

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, Santoro, Frank A, Werth, Victoria P   +2 more
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Analysis of the reactivity of indirect immunofluorescence in patients with pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the reactivity of indirect immunofluorescence using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate in patients with pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris from the Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School ...
Damaris G. Ortolan, Danielle P. G. Souza, Valéria Aoki, Claudia G. Santi, Tatiana V. B. Gabbi, Ligia M. F. Ichimura, Celina W. Maruta   +6 more
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Epidemiological and clinical study of cases of endemic pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris in a reference center in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background: Pemphigus constitutes a group of autoimmune bullous diseases. A reduction in the incidence of endemic pemphigus foliaceus and an increase in pemphigus vulgaris has been described, but there are no studies in Minas Gerais that address the ...
Vanessa Martins Barcelos, Everton Carlos Siviero do Vale, Marcelo Grossi Araujo, Flávia Vasques Bittencourt   +3 more
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Usefulness of miRNA-338-3p in the diagnosis of pemphigus and its correlation with disease severity [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Background Pemphigus is a common life-threatening, autoimmune bullous disease effecting both cutaneous and mucous membranes. Previous diagnosis of pemphigus is based on clinical presentations, histopathology, immunofluorescence and enzyme-linked ...
Naiyu Lin, Qingxiu Liu, Menglei Wang, Qian Wang, Kang Zeng   +4 more
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Utility of IgG4 immunohistochemistry detection in pemphigus diagnosis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Pemphigus includes a group of blistering autoimmune diseases that affect the skin and mucosa, characterized by the formation of epidermal bullous and the presence of antibodies against binding proteins.
Maricela García-Lechuga, María Elisa Vega-Memije, Ana Isabel Montiel-Rangel, Andres Torres-González, Lucia Rangel-Gamboa   +4 more
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Gene Expression Analysis in Four Dogs With Canine Pemphigus Clinical Subtypes Reveals B Cell Signatures and Immune Activation Pathways Similar to Human Disease

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune-mediated mucocutaneous blistering diseases characterized by acantholysis. Pemphigus has also been recognized in dogs and shares similar clinical characteristics and variants with human pemphigus.
Haya S. Raef, Haya S. Raef, Cesar Piedra-Mora, Neil B. Wong, Diana Junyue Ma, Clement N. David, Nicholas A. Robinson, Ramón M. Almela, Jillian M. Richmond   +8 more
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Counseling in pemphigus

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2017
Pemphigus is a chronic, potentially life threatening, autoimmune intraepidermal blistering disease affecting the skin and the mucous membrane. Pemphigus may have profound impact on the quality of life in the affected patients. Counselling and adjuvant psychotherapy may be beneficial at least in few patients and should be considered as a part of ...
Raghavendra Rao, CR Srinivas
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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, Viviane Brito Viana, Fernando Costa Araújo, Silvia Ferreira Rodrigues Müller, Miguel Saraty de Oliveira, Francisca Regina Oliveira Carneiro   +5 more
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