Pemphigus in Elderly Adults: Clinical Presentation, Treatment, and Prognosis

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 60; no. 6; pp. 1185 - 1187
• Main Authors: Ingen-Housz-Oro, Saskia, Alexandre, Marina, Le Roux-Villet, Christelle, Picard-Dahan, Catherine, Tancrède-Bohin, Emmanuelle, Wallet-Faber, Nadège, Mahé, Emmanuel, Begon, Edouard, Francès, Camille, Sigal, Michèle, Grootenboer-Mignot, Sabine, Aucouturier, Françoise, André, Chantal, Wolkenstein, Pierre, Chosidow, Olivier, Prost-Squarcioni, Catherine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived - therapeutic use; Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Bullous diseases of the skin; Dapsone - therapeutic use; Dermatology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Folic Acid Antagonists - therapeutic use; General aspects; Humans; Hydroxychloroquine - therapeutic use; Immunologic Factors - therapeutic use; Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Pemphigus - diagnosis; Pemphigus - drug therapy; Prognosis; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Remission Induction; Retrospective Studies; Rituximab; Severity of Illness Index; Steroids - therapeutic use; Treatment Outcome; Bullous dermatosis; Human; Immunopathology; Symptomatology; Skin disease; Gerontology; Prognosis; Treatment; Pemphigus; Autoimmune disease; Elderly; Geriatrics
• ISSN: 0002-8614; 1532-5415; 1532-5415
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03987.x