Targeted therapies have been moved forward in the treatment of both pemphigus and pemphigoid diseases, a factor behind an urgency for rapid diagnosis.

Donna Culton, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outlines diagnosing autoimmune blistering diseases.

Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune disease that causes itchy blisters to form on your skin. It’s part of a family of rare skin conditions called pemphigus that produce blisters or sores on the skin, ...

Pemphigus, an autoimmune disease mediated by B cells and which causes painful blisters and sores on the skin and mucous membranes, is a rare chronic autoimmune condition that can be fatal if not ...

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Pemphigus is the term used to describe a group of autoimmune diseases that cause the skin and mucous membranes to become blistered. The conditions may therefore affect areas of the body such as the ...

Paraneoplastic pemphigus is typically a side effect of a cancerous tumor and can cause mouth pain and oral sores. It can be aggressive and should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.

Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease, in which autoantibodies react with the cell–cell adhesion structures, desmosomes, causing blisters and erosions on the oral mucosa and skin. Pemphigus is ...

Compared with patients with pemphigus treated with prednisone alone, those who were treated with rituximab plus prednisone had a 2-fold lower relapse rate after a median follow-up of 7.3 years. In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 37-year-old woman presents with oral lesions consistent with pemphigus vulgaris and is treated with prednisone ...

—This study tested the hypothesis that pemphigus is associated with MS, dementia, and related disorders. Why? Bullous pemphigoid, with a similar pathogenesis, is associated with some neurologic ...

This is a rare autoimmune skin disorder that occurs when your immune system starts attacking healthy epidermis cells (the top layer of your skin). Pemphigus can manifest itself as blisters and sores ...