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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Oxidative stress in patients with endemic pemphigus foliaceus and healthy subjects with anti-desmoglein 1 antibodies [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018 : Background: Previous studies have shown oxidative stress in pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, nevertheless, it remains unknown whether a similar response is characteristic of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in Peru. Objectives: To determine the
Ericson Leonardo Gutierrez +5 more
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, 2022 Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is a group of autoimmune skin blistering disease comprising four subtypes: Cazenave, endemic, erythematosus and herpetiformis. The common characteristic is the frequent presence of pathogenic anti-desmoglein 1 antibodies leading to bullae in the skin.
Maehara, Laura de Sena N. +2 more
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Combination therapy with prednisone and cyclophosphamide in a 14-year-old boy with pemphigus foliaceus – a case report [PDF]
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2017 Introduction . Pemphigus foliaceus is a dermatosis rarely occurring in the paediatric population. Objective. To draw attention to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties associated with pemphigus foliaceus. Case report.
Magdalena Salińska +4 more
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Pemphigus foliaceus masquerading as IgA pemphigus and responding to dapsone
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2012 A 14-year-old male presented with seven years history of recurrent episodes of fluid filled, itchy and eroded lesions over the body not responding to oral corticosteroids and azathioprine.
Manas Chatterjee +4 more
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DermatoPemphigus vegetans and pemphigus foliaceus are rare autoimmune blistering diseases characterized by the disruption of desmosomal adhesion proteins, particularly desmoglein 3 and desmoglein 1.
Olguța Anca Orzan +6 more
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Pemphigus Foliaceus—Repeated Treatment With Rituximab 7 Years After Initial Response: A Case Report [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2018 Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune skin disease mediated by autoantibodies directed against desmoglein-1 located in the upper epidermal layer. Rituximab, a monoclonal anit-CD20 antibody depleting b-cells, offers an effective treatment possibility for ...
Magdalena Kraft, Margitta Worm
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CTLA4 CT60 gene polymorphism is not associated with differential susceptibility to pemphigus foliaceus [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2010 Pemphigus foliaceus is an organ-specific autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibodies against the extracellular region of desmoglein 1, a protein that mediates intercellular adhesion in desmosomes.
Márcia Regina Pincerati +2 more
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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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Pemphigus foliaceus in a cat [PDF]
, 2008 "Duane," a 6-year-old castrated male Himalayan cat presented to the Dermatology Service at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals for evaluation of a progressively worsening, widespread crusting dermatopathy of approximately three months duration ...
Phair, Kristen A.
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