RT Book, Section A1 Shinkai, Kanade A1 Fox, Lindy P. A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. SR Print(0) ID 1175804697 T1 Pemphigus T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021 YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260469868 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175804697 RD 2022/06/27 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.