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ArticleCureus2023

Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris: A Case Report With Review of Literature.

Hamad Albagieh, Reem F Alhamid, Alaa S Alharbi

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hamad AlbagiehDepartment of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Reem F AlhamidDepartment of Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Alaa S AlharbiDepartment of Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
King Saud University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a chronic autoimmune bullous disease that is characterized by mucocutaneous blister formation resulting in painful erosions. The autoantibody immunoglobulin (Ig) G directed toward glycoproteins desmoglein (Dsg) 3 and desmoglein 1 is the main underlying mechanism behind PV leading to intraepithelial clefting and bulla formation. Patients usually present with oral ulcers causing severe pain and dysphagia that can be misdiagnosed as erythema multiforme (EM) or viral infections. The diagnostic process requires the correlation between clinical, histopathological, and immunopathological findings. Systemic and/or local corticosteroids are considered the cornerstone therapy of PV cases. This article describes a case of a 42-year-old male patient who presented in the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology with chronic oral ulcers that were diagnosed with PV and treated using systemic corticosteroids.

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autoimmune bullous diseasedesmogleinoral ulcerspemphigus vulgarissystemic corticosteroids

Identifiers

PMID38106742
PMCPMC10723022
OpenAlexW4388701973

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