A Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris
This book, summarizing much of what is known about pemphigus vulgaris, features topics including categories of the disorder, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and six recent clinical research studies about the disease. Giving dermatologists, der
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A Clinician’s Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris
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A Clinician’s Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris
Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi
A Clinician’s Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris
Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi, MD, MSc Misdiagnosis Association & Society Seattle, WA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-67758-3 ISBN 978-3-319-67759-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67759-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954318 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my real hero Mohammad Khan Mohammad Beigi who inspired me to achieve and succeed by focusing only ever on the goal and never on the obstacles and To my real teacher Parvin Mojabi to whom I owe my life and all that I have accomplished and become and To my real companion Sherry Jalalian who unceasingly encouraged me with her patience, without which I would not have been able to persevere in spite of my humanity
Foreword
In the Old Testament, Job’s faith is tested by a terrible blistering disease that assails his skin. “From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head,” he is blanketed with boils. Of his plight, he laments, “I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.” To patients who developed pemphigus vulgaris throughout history, the story of Job must have come to mind, though unlike Job, their predicament was almost universally lethal. As late as the 1950s, this blistering disease of seemingly Biblical wrath was considered a death sentence within a short period of time. We can imagine the countless individual cases coalescing into a representative narrative, the horror of recognition when the relentlessly advancing rash is dia
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