Diagnosis and therapy of pemphigus - consensus of Polish Dermatological Society

• Main Authors: Cezary Kowalewski (Author), Marian Dmochowski (Author), Waldemar Placek (Author), Elżbieta Waszczykowska (Author), Roman Nowicki (Author), Iwona Flisiak (Author), Rafał Czajkowski (Author), Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło (Author), Jacek Szepietowski (Author), Andrzej Kaszuba (Author), Katarzyna Woźniak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Termedia Publishing House, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pemphigus is an acantholytic bullous disease with a potentially fatal course. The laboratory diagnosis of pemphigus is based on direct immunofluorescence showing the presence of the in vivo bound IgG in intercellular spaces of the epidermis in skin biopsy. For determining the clinical subtypes of pe...