Report on 45 Cases of Parapemphigus (Pemphigoid) Treated Clinically from 1954 till 1966

Report on 45 cases of parapemphigus (pemphigoid) of which there are 4 cases of benign mucosal pemphigoid; 1 case of pemphigus vulgaris and 1 case of pemphigus vegetans. The average age at the time of onset of the disease is 72 years for the 26 women suffering from parapemphigus and 75 years for the 18 men (one parapemphigus-patient is a boy, whose age at the time of onset of the disease was 2 1⁄2 years). As in 4/5 of our parapemphigus-cases the maximum daily dosage of prednisone was 40 mg or less, it is advised not to exceed in most cases a daily dosage of 40 mg prednisone as the initial dose. (Has been published extensively in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 110: 1080 [1966]).