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Pemphigus
Author(s) -
Tuffanelli Denny L.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt1974165part2974
Subject(s) - pemphigus , pathogenesis , epidermis (zoology) , autoantibody , pemphigus vulgaris , medicine , disease , mucous membrane , dermatology , immunology , pathology , antibody , anatomy
Pemphigus is a disease affecting principally the epidermis and mucous membranes of man. The disease is quite distinctive clinically, histologically, and immunologically. It is of importance to discuss in this Workshop because of two interesting facets: the role played in pathogenesis by circulating autoantibodies and the huge doses of corticosteroids required in management.