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The clinical phenotype of pemphigus is defined by the anti-desmoglein autoantibody profile.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Feb 1999
Amagai M, Tsunoda K, Zillikens D, Nagai T, Nishikawa T
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BACKGROUND: Some patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) have mucous membrane erosions with minimal skin involvement (mucosal dominant type), and others show extensive skin blisters and erosions in addition to mucous membrane involvement (mucocutaneous type). Patients with pemphigus foliaceus (PF) show only skin involvement. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a difference in...
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