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.