Fogo selvagem: reporte de dos casos y revisión del tema.

Authors :: Cortés, Carolina
Peñaranda, Elkin
Rodríguez, Marcela
Source :: Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica. jun2012, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p183-186. 4p. 8 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Fogo selvagem is an endemic form of pemphigus foliaceus with its own demographic characteristics. It presents in children and teenagers and it is characterized by subcorneal blisters due to auto-antibodies against desmoglein 1. We report two patients from the Colombian Amazon region with this diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *BLISTERS
*SKIN diseases
*SKIN inflammation
*SKIN infections
*AUTOANTIBODIES
*DESMOGLEINS

Language :: Spanish
ISSN :: 16570448
Volume :: 20
Issue :: 2
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 77916437

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