TY - JOUR
T1 - Can pemphigus vulgaris become pemphigus foliaceus?
AU - Iwatsuki, Keiji
AU - Takigawa, Masahiro
AU - Hashimoto, Takashi
AU - Nishikawa, Takeji
AU - Yamada, Mizuho
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Among 31 patients with pemphigus, we observed two women with clinical and histologic features characteristic of pemphigus vulgaris that later became those of pemphigus foliaceus. Western blot study indicated that serum from one patient, when she had the cutaneous manifestations of pemphigus foliaceus, contained antibodies reactive with a desmosomal antigen, suggestive of desmoglein 1, the same as recognized by pemphigus foliaceus serum. The present study suggests that two distinct types of pemphigus can occur in the same person simultaneously or separately.
AB - Among 31 patients with pemphigus, we observed two women with clinical and histologic features characteristic of pemphigus vulgaris that later became those of pemphigus foliaceus. Western blot study indicated that serum from one patient, when she had the cutaneous manifestations of pemphigus foliaceus, contained antibodies reactive with a desmosomal antigen, suggestive of desmoglein 1, the same as recognized by pemphigus foliaceus serum. The present study suggests that two distinct types of pemphigus can occur in the same person simultaneously or separately.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0190-9622(08)80971-1
DO - 10.1016/S0190-9622(08)80971-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 1802901
AN - SCOPUS:0026056644
VL - 25
SP - 797
EP - 800
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
SN - 0190-9622
IS - 5
ER -