TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pemphigus A1 - Shinkai, Kanade A1 - Fox, Lindy P. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2023 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISRelapsing crops of bullae, often fragile and leading to erosions.Often preceded by mucous membrane bullae, erosions, and ulcerations.Superficial detachment of the skin after pressure or trauma variably present (Nikolsky sign).Acantholysis on biopsy.Immunofluorescence studies and serum ELISA for pathogenic antibodies are confirmatory. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193628757 ER -