—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 ...

PV is characterized by the deposition of IgG antibodies against desmoglein 3 (Dsg3, a 130kDa protein) and desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) found in the mucous epithelium and in skin desmosomes, causing loss of ...

IN the consideration of vesiculating and bullous eruptions of the oral mucosa, insufficient attention has been given to benign mucous-membrane pemphigus as a distinct clinical entity. Also, in many ...

We report a patient treated under an Institutional Review Board and the United States Food and Drug Administration approved protocol for refractory bullous skin diseases that include PF, pemphigus ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 94-year-old father was diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid. He lives in a senior living facility. The nursing assistants were initially reluctant to help him treat the condition by ...

An autoimmune blistering disease of the mucous membranes and skin, pemphigus vulgaris (PV) derives its name from the Greek word, pemphix, for blister. 1 PV is characteristically seen in older patients ...

The three main types of pemphigus are vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, and paraneoplastic pemphigus. a) Pemphigus vulgaris is the most common variety and accounts for 70% of the pemphigus cases. It is ...

Rituximab is associated with higher protection against long-term cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, but similar in survival rate, compared with other adjuvant agents in the treatment of pemphigus, ...

NEW YORK and LONDON, Sept. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapeutics to treat orphan autoimmune and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with pemphigus treated with rituximab had a longer disease-free survival than those treated with ...