Laboratory diagnosis of paraneoplastic pemphigus
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[Paraneoplastic pemphigus].
UNLABELLED A RARE DISEASE: Paraneoplastic pemphigus is an rare autoimmune bullous skin disease recently recognized. About 50 cases have been reported since its first description in 1990. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS Clinical signs are polymorphous resembling the cutaneomucosal manifestations of pemphigus vulgar (skin and mucosa erosions, fragile interdermal bullae), pemphigoid (urticaria, distende...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0007-0963
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12479