“Old drugs are the low hanging fruit in terms of finding safe and inexpensive treatments for these diseases.”

Pemphigus vulgaris is rare in childhood,Dr. Jeffrey Callen said.Boy tested positive for pemphigus antibodies on direct immunofluorescence and the indirect immunofluorescence was greater than 1:640. His chest x-ray was normal.

“If you look at these kinds of data sets across almost all diseases, the incidence seems to increase over time. It’s probably an issue of chronic diseases being picked up over time.”

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First the skin blisters. The blisters burst and leave behind sore spots – true gateways for infectious agents. The disease referred to is called pemphigus and can be life-threatening if left untreated. Scientists of the University of Würzburg have made…

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