NOTE: The following article was provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov). by Paula Kurtzweil, Public Affairs Staff, FDA You don’t have to look far to find a health product that’s totally bogus–or a consumer who’s totally unsuspecting.…
by Ernest H. Beutner, Ph.D.*Professor of Microbiology and Dermatology, University of Buffalo; School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Buffalo, NY Patients with pemphigus may benefit by working with their doctors to gain a better understanding of the tests used to…
By David A. Sirois, D.M.D., Ph.D.Department of Oral Medicine Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the mucosa and skin and resulting in epithelial acantholysis, bullae formation, and chronic ulceration.1 Skin lesions of pemphigus vulgaris present clinically with typical…
By Grant J. Anhalt, M.D. Johns Hopkins Dermatology I will attempt to clarify what we know about the antibody response in various forms of pemphigus and how the distribution of the targeted antigens affects the location of lesions. The synthesis…
