RT Book, Section A1 Shinkai, Kanade A1 Fox, Lindy P. A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R. SR Print(0) ID 1193628757 T1 Pemphigus T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781264687343 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193628757 RD 2024/04/24 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.