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Pemphigus Vulgaris
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What is pemphigus vulgaris? Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune (see below) disease that causes severe blistering of the skin and of the mucous membranes lining the mouth, nose, throat and genitals.
Severe cases of pemphigus are treated similarly to severe burns. Treatment may require hospitalization, including care in a burn unit or intensive care unit. Treatment is aimed at reducing symptoms and preventing complications. Treatment ma...
Discontinuation of therapy in pemphigus vulgaris is risky, even after long remission under therapy. In active pemphigus vulgaris, levamisole suppresses the formation of T-cell-rosettes. The change from suppression to stimulation under the i...
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Twenty-one Israeli Jewish pemphigus vulgaris (PV) patients were studied for the HLA-D lymphocyte defined determinants and the serologically defined antigens of the HLA-A, B, and DR series. HLA-D typing revealed that Dw10 is significantly as...
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Pemphigus Vulgaris Risk Factors. Pemphigus involves blistering of the outer (epidermal) layer of the skin and mucous membranes. It is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system produces antibodies against specific proteins in the ski...
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Pemphigus involves blistering of the outer (epidermal) layer of the skin and mucous membranes. It is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system produces antibodies against specific proteins in the skin and mucous membrane. These anti...
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The disease occurs when the body's immune system wages an attack against the epidermal cell surface structures, which maintain cell-to-cell contact and tissue texture. The resulting blisters, which usually start in the mouth, eventually rup...
http://caringmedical.com/conditions/Pemphigus_Vulgaris....
Most patients first present with lesions on the mucous membranes such as the mouth and genitals. Several months' later blisters on the skin may develop or in some cases mucosal lesions are the only manifestation of the disease. The most com...
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Procès Verbal (French: Official Report, or Fine)
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