Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune disease that causes painful blistering on mucous membranes like the mouth, eyes, or genitals. It can cause serious complications if it isn’t treated. If you ...

Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune disease that causes itchy blisters to form on your skin. It’s part of a family of rare skin conditions called pemphigus that produce blisters or sores on the skin, ...

Significantly more patients with moderate-to-severe pemphigus sustained their complete remission with rituximab (Rituxan) than with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), a randomized trial showed. At 1 year, ...

For patients presenting with moderate to severe pemphigus, the choice of initial therapy has been distilled to a single agent: rituximab. This drug is more rapidly effective, more likely to provide ...

Paraneoplastic pemphigus is a rare autoimmune skin condition that causes blisters and oral lesions. It usually develops due to underlying cancer. Treatment is essential for managing symptoms and ...

Pemphigus is the term used to describe a group of autoimmune diseases that cause the skin and mucous membranes to become blistered. The conditions may therefore affect areas of the body such as the ...

Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease, in which autoantibodies react with the cell–cell adhesion structures, desmosomes, causing blisters and erosions on the oral mucosa and skin. Pemphigus is ...

PARIS – September 9, 2021 – The Phase 3 PEGASUS trial evaluating rilzabrutinib to treat pemphigus, a rare autoimmune skin condition, did not meet its primary or key secondary endpoints.

Pemphigus, an autoimmune disease mediated by B cells and which causes painful blisters and sores on the skin and mucous membranes, is a rare chronic autoimmune condition that can be fatal if not ...

Compared with patients with pemphigus treated with prednisone alone, those who were treated with rituximab plus prednisone had a 2-fold lower relapse rate after a median follow-up of 7.3 years. In ...

—This study tested the hypothesis that pemphigus is associated with MS, dementia, and related disorders. Why? Bullous pemphigoid, with a similar pathogenesis, is associated with some neurologic ...

Pemphigus, which is caused by autoantibodies, and bullous impetigo (including its generalized form, the staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome), which is caused by Staphylococcus aureus, are seemingly ...