Catalog

Endemic pemphigus foliaceus

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Link to WHO Definition

Endemic pemphigus foliaceus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1681537638

Endemic pemphigus foliaceus is a chronic autoimmune skin diseases characterised by superficial blister formation on the skin mediated by auto-antibodies to the desmosome component desmoglein 1. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus has unique epidemiological features of geographical, temporal and familial clustering.