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Pemphigus vulgaris

pemphigus vulgaris

A serious form of pemphigus, occurring in middle age, in which cutaneous flaccid acantholytic suprabasal bullae and oral mucosal erosions may be localised a few months before becoming generalised; blisters break easily and are slow to heal; results from the action of autoimmune antibodies that localise to intercellular sites of stratified squamous epithelium.


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The Fiber Disease

... role of autoreactive T cells in the pathogenesis of these disorders. Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and bullous pemphigoid (BP) are the best-characterized bullous disorders with ...

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by RANDY
Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:11 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

... be related to our disease. That certain thing I was talking about was: Pemphigus vulgaris. I even put some pictures with it. If you missed it hear is a little about it: http://www.uoregon.edu/~sshapiro/Pemphigus/DiagnosisAndTreatmentsForPemphigus.html#Pemphigus%20vulgaris%20and%20Pemphigus%20Foliaceus ...

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by London
Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:45 am
 
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The Fiber Disease

PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS- the chameleon TamTam was referring to?? London Oh, I'm sorry chiral. What drugs? Many I believe. But this ...

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by London
Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:44 pm
 
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