Catalog

Induced pemphigus

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Induced pemphigus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1923048552

Induced pemphigus is a chronic autoimmune skin diseases characterised by superficial blister formation precipitated by an exogenous stimulus, usually a drug, mediated by auto-antibodies to the desmosome components desmoglein 1 and less commonly desmoglein 3.