pemphigus
Sign in to savethumb|Pemphigus, from 1886 medical book thumb|200px|Microscopic image of direct immunofluorescence using an anti-IgG antibody. The tissue is skin from a patient with Pemphigus vulgaris. Note the intercellular IgG deposits in the epidermis and the early intraepidermal vesicle caused by acantholysis.
Key facts
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- Pemphigus on the upper body
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Research
12,936 papers- An Updated Review of Pemphigus Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021
- Pemphigus group: overview, epidemiology, mortality, and comorbidities.Immunologic research · 2018
- Contact pemphigus: does it exist?European journal of dermatology : EJD · 2021
- Pemphigus.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 1988
- [Pemphigus].Actas dermo-sifiliograficas · 2005
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Permphigus.jpg
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34909
- health specialty
- dermatology
- Commons category
- Pemphigus
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9182
- different from
- pemphigoid
- ICD-9-CM
- 694.4
- external data available at URL
- www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/153
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
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- Animals affected
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thumb|Pemphigus, from 1886 medical book thumb|200px|Microscopic image of direct immunofluorescence using an anti-IgG antibody. The tissue is skin from a patient with Pemphigus vulgaris. Note the intercellular IgG deposits in the epidermis and the early intraepidermal vesicle caused by acantholysis.
Pemphigus ( or ) is a rare group of blistering autoimmune diseases that affect the skin and mucous membranes. The name is derived from the Greek root pemphix, meaning "blister".
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