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IS PEMPHIGUS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE?
Author(s) -
KREYSEL H.W.,
MEMMESHEIMER A. R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb14076.x
Subject(s) - acantholysis , pemphigus , autoimmune disease , pathogenesis , medicine , disease , dermatology , immunology , pemphigus vulgaris , autoantibody , pathology , antibody
Summary.— This paper deals with the pathogenesis and the microscopic and cytological features of the pemphigus group of diseases. The immunological aspects of acantholysis are discussed. The statement by several authors that pemphigus is an autoimmune disease is questioned and evidence from the literature against this hypothesis is cited.