@article{1b9887a8d72247c5b0a629083e8a3cfa,
title = "Pemphigus Treatment in Japan",
abstract = "Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune blistering diseases characterized by blisters and erosive lesions on the skin and mucous membranes due to loss of cell and cell adhesion of keratinocytes. In 2010, new Japanese guidelines for the management of pemphigus were published for dermatologists. Systemic corticosteroids are the gold standard and the first choice of treatment of pemphigus.",
keywords = "ELISA, Epidemiology, Japan, PDAI, Pemphigus",
author = "Akiko Tanikawa and Masayuki Amagai",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partly supported by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants for Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Copyright: Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.det.2011.07.004",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "685--686",
journal = "Dermatologic Clinics",
issn = "0733-8635",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "4",
}