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pemphigus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disorder |
| Derivation | pemphigous |
Examples of pemphigus
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Schwarzschild's struggle with pemphigus may have eventually led to his death.
From the en.wikipedia.org
When transferred to mice, the antibodies induced blisters like those seen in pemphigus patients.
From the sciencedaily.com
Stein had become ill with a rare autoimmune disease, pemphigus.
From the smh.com.au
When Tenconi came down with pemphigus foliaceous, the following months became the loneliest of her life.
From the usatoday.com
These results add to our understanding of cell adhesion in general and the pathogenesis of pemphigus disease.
From the sciencedaily.com
While serving on the front in Russia in 1915, he began to suffer from a rare and painful skin disease called pemphigus.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He had been in failing health in recent years, battling cancer of the esophagus as well as pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease.
From the latimes.com
Tenconi, 24, was diagnosed at 11 with pemphigus foliaceous, a skin disease that threatened her life and eventually claimed most of her skin.
From the usatoday.com
The authors engineered antibodies like those found in the pemphigus patient, then showed that the antibodies inactivate desmogleins and have harmful effects on skin cells in culture.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
- Pemphigus is a rare group of blistering autoimmune diseases that affect the skin and mucous membranes.
- A severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by pustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal
- Skin disease of watery blisters
- An acute or chronic autoimmune skin disease found mainly in adults leading to regular or constant skin eruptions (blisters). The causes are not known.
- Acute or chronic disease characterized by successive crops of bullae suddenly appearing and disappearing, leaving pigmented spots. Usually fatal if untreated.
- The term pemphigus stems from the Greek pemphix (blister) and describes a group of chronic blistering skin diseases in which autoantibodies are directed against the cell surface of keratinocytes, resulting in the loss of cohesion between epidermal cells, through a process called acantholysis. ...
- Is regarded as a rare skin disease which reveals itself in blisters on skin or in the mouth. In the most common form of pemphigus, pemphigus vulgaris, the mouth is often the first place where blisters or sores appear. ...
