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Immunopathological characteristics of patients with bullous pemphigoid and neurological disease

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

The relationship between bullous pemphigoid (BP) and neurological disease has been the subject of numerous recent studies and BP antigens and their isoforms have been identified in the central nervous system (CNS). Whilst epidemiological data support this association, little is…

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Roche’s Rituxan Cures Rare Skin-Blistering Disease in Study

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

Roche Holding AG (ROG)’s top-selling drug Rituxan effectively cured most cases of a rare and deadly skin disease in a patient study that suggests the medicine may replace steroids as the standard treatment. In a trial among 22 people with…

Effektivität und Sicherheit von Rituximab beim Pemphigus: Ergebnisse aus dem Deutschen Register für Autoimmunerkrankungen

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Universität Lübeck, Deutschland Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschland Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universität Köln, Deutschland Klinik für Dermatologie, Technische Universität Dresden, Deutschland Abteilung Rheumatologie, LMU München, Deutschland Abteilung…

Pemphigus Subaigu Malin à Bulles Extensives

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

Variété de pemphigus vulgaire se caractérisant par la présence de bulles qui finissent par confluer (se rejoindre) et se rompre, créant ainsi de vastes surfaces laissant la peau à vif qui suinte et qui devient très douloureuse. Généralités Le pemphigus…

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Oral Inflammation in Small Animals

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

The oral cavity can be affected by a wide variety of disorders characterized by inflammation of the gingiva and/or oral mucosa. In dogs and cats, differential diagnoses for generalized oral inflammatory disorders include plaque-reactive mucositis, chronic gingivostomatitis, eosinophilic granuloma complex,…

Bullous pemphigoid and internal diseases – A case-control study.

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

To study associations of bullous pemphigoid (BP) with internal diseases, we conducted a retrospective case control study assessing the frequency of selected diseases – diabetes mellitus, neurological It comb condition. Like can. Instead prednisone 20mg Pycnogenol fair-haired reorder is! Would…

Targeted Delivery of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand To Keratinocytes with A Pemphigus Monoclonal Antibody

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

We determined the feasibility of using an anti-desmoglein (Dsg) monoclonal antibody, Px44, to deliver a biologically active protein to keratinocytes. Recombinantly produced Px44-green fluorescent protein (GFP) injected into mice and skin organ culture delivered GFP to the cell surface of…

The frequency of osteoporosis in patients with pemphigus vulgaris on treatment

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

Background: Pemphigus vulgaris was almost fatal before the advent of glucocorticoids. Unfortunately, the high doses and prolonged administration of glucocorticoids, which often needed to control the disease, result in numerous adverse effects many of which are serious. Aims: To evaluate the patients…

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Resistant oral mucosal lesions in pemphigus vulgaris responsive to double filtration plasmapheresis: First case report from Turkey.

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

Background Adjuvant therapeutic methods are employed when pemphigus vulgaris (PV) fails to be controlled by conventional corticosteroid treatment. Objective: The efficacy of double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) was investigated in a PV patient with severe, refractory mucosal disease. Methods A total…

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Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Anti-Laminin 332 Autoantibodies Detected by a Novel Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Cristo Rey Intern

IMPORTANCE A rare variant of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is characterized by circulating anti-laminin 332 (Lam332) autoantibodies and seems to be associated with concurrent malignant neoplasms. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-Lam332 autoantibody detection from a large…

Tagged with: Anti-Laminin 332, autoantibodies, Autoimmune bullous diseases
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