pemphigoid

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pemphigoid [′pem·fə‚gȯid]

(medicine)

An autoimmune skin disorder resembling, but histologically and clinically distinct from, pemphigus and characterized by bloody blisters, especially on the trunk and limbs.

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No references found			Bullous lesions somewhat similar in appearance to those of pemphigoid may arise from otherwise normal-appearing skin around the feet and ankles. Lupus Erythematosus- Skin Disorders by Robert Baird / Food/cooking/nutrition community There are other autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin, such as bullous pemphigoid, bullous lupus, and Hailey-Hailey disease that can be confused with pemphigus. Pemphigus Vulgari Facts and Treatment by Francis Adam / Health, general community Cicatricial pemphigoid (benign mucosal pemphigoid) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of evanescent vesicles that rupture and become erosions, primarily on the mucous membranes. Tongue erosions and diet cola by Steele, Tace / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			pelvic inflammatory disease Pelvis pelviscope Pelycosauria Pelym pelyte PEM Pematangsiantar Pemba Pemberton, John Clifford Pembina County Pembina Oil Field Pembroke Pembroke College Pembroke Pines Pembroke Welsh corgi Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembrokeshire Pemex Pemiscot County Pemmican pemphigoid Pemphigus pemphigus contageosus Pemzashen Pen pen computing pen drawing Pen Khva Kim Pen Name pen recorder pen tablet Pen Windows Pen, Iurii Pen, Iurii Moiseevich pen-based computer pen-based computing Pen-ch'i Pena, Lazaro Peña, Lazaro Penaeidea penal code Penal Codes of 1845 and 1885 penal colony Penal Laws Penal Settlers penal sum			pemican pemican pemican Pemilihan Peneliti Remaja Indonesia Pemimpin Perjalanan Kereta Api PEMINT pemirolast pemirolast potassium Pemiscot County Pemiscot County, Missouri Pemiscot County, MO PEMJ PEML PEMM pemmican pemmican pemmican Pemmican Proclamation Pemmican Proclamation Pemmican Proclamation PEMMON PEMMS PEMO pemoline pemoline PEMP Pempherid Pempherid Pempheridae Pempheridae pemphigoid pemphigoid aphthous ulcer pemphigoid aphthous ulcer pemphigoid aphthous ulcer pemphigoid, benign mucous membrane Pemphigoid, bullous pemphigous pemphigous pemphigous pemphigus pemphigus pemphigus pemphigus chronicus pemphigus contageosus pemphigus erythematosus pemphigus erythematosus pemphigus erythematosus pemphigus foliaceus pemphigus foliaceus pemphigus foliaceus pemphigus gangrenosus Pemphigus neonatorum pemphigus vegetans pemphigus vegetans pemphigus vegetans pemphigus vulgaris pemphigus vulgaris pemphigus vulgaris pemphigus vulgaris Pemphigus Vulgaris Immune Antigen Pemphigus, benign familial

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