Childhood pemphigus vulgaris is a challenging diagnosis

• Main Authors: Gastão Tenório Lins Filho (Author), Nathalia Lages Sarmento Barbosa (Author), Eulina Maria Vieira de Abreu (Author), Klinger Vagner Teixeira da Costa (Author), Kelly Chrystine Barbosa Meneses (Author), Rodrigo Neves Silva (Author), Sonia Maria Soares Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV) is an uncommon autoimmune and blistering mucocutaneous disease. Childhood Pemphigus Vulgaris (CPV) is a pediatric variant of PV, which affects children below 12 years, being very rare among children under 10 years of age. CPV has similar clinical, histological, and immunologi...