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Hodgkin's disease and pemphigus
Author(s) -
NAYSMITH ANNE,
HANCOCK B.W.
Publication year - 1976
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.1365-2133.1976.tb05170.x
Subject(s) - pemphigus , disease , medicine , pemphigus vulgaris , immunology , antibody , immunity , immune system , pathology
SUMMARY The second case of pemphigus associated with Hodgkin's disease is reported. Circulating pemphigus auto‐antibodies were detected in this patient and cell‐mediated (T cell) immunity was markedly depressed. It is postulated that this T‐cell immunodepression predisposed the patient to the development of pemphigus.