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Neonatal Pemphigus Foliaceus
The Journal of Pediatrics, 06/01/2012
Lorente–Lavirgen AI et al. – A 1–hour–old female patient was referred with skin erosions on her extremities. The patient’s mother was a 33–year–old, otherwise–healthy woman with a 6–year history of pemphigus foliaceus (PF). The patient's mother had been treated with different immunosuppressive medications, including topical steroids ointments, intermittent oral prednisone, azathioprine, and intermittent intravenous treatment with immunoglobulins.