POSTHERPETIC ORAL ULCERS MISDIAGNOSED AS PEMPHIGUS IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS UNDER BUCILLAMINE THERAPY

Autoimmune bullous disease is sometimes seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, pemphigus can be induced by certain disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for RA, such as thiol compounds. Antibodies against desmogleins are occasionally detected in the sera of drug-indu...

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Main Author: Toshiyuki Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Our Dermatology Online 2013-11-01
Series:Nasza Dermatologia Online
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Online Access:http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2013-4-3s-postherpetic/