Donna Culton, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outlines diagnosing autoimmune blistering diseases.

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Compared with patients with pemphigus treated with prednisone alone, those who were treated with rituximab plus prednisone had a 2-fold lower relapse rate after a median follow-up of 7.3 years. In ...

For patients presenting with moderate to severe pemphigus, the choice of initial therapy has been distilled to a single agent: rituximab. This drug is more rapidly effective, more likely to provide ...

Pemphigus, an autoimmune disease mediated by B cells and which causes painful blisters and sores on the skin and mucous membranes, is a rare chronic autoimmune condition that can be fatal if not ...

Pemphigus refers to a group of skin disorders that cause blistering and sores on the skin or mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, throat or genital region. The onset of disease is usually in ...

Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease, in which autoantibodies react with the cell–cell adhesion structures, desmosomes, causing blisters and erosions on the oral mucosa and skin. Pemphigus is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 37-year-old woman presents with oral lesions consistent with pemphigus vulgaris and is treated with prednisone ...

The kappa light chain constant region of immunoglobulins bears polymorphic markers involved in susceptibility to various autoimmune diseases. To determine whether it also contributes to the occurrence ...

PARIS – September 9, 2021 – The Phase 3 PEGASUS trial evaluating rilzabrutinib to treat pemphigus, a rare autoimmune skin condition, did not meet its primary or key secondary endpoints.

A retrospective review was conducted on patients with the immunopathological diagnosis of pemphigus examined between 1 January 2000 and 1 April 2010. Uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), best ...

As part of the diagnosis of Pemphigus a skin specialist (dermatologist) conducts a physical evaluation and evaluates the appearance and distribution of the skin lesions, blisters and/or sores. A skin ...