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, ...

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 ...

Pemphigus foliaceus is part of the pemphigus group of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissue. In pemphigus foliaceus, the immune system ...

This is a rare autoimmune skin disorder that occurs when your immune system starts attacking healthy epidermis cells (the top layer of your skin). Pemphigus can manifest itself as blisters and sores ...

Clinically, PNP has many distinctions from pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, supporting the notion that PNP is an unrelated condition. The cutaneous manifestations of pemphigus subtypes ...

Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune condition that causes painful blistering on the skin and mucous membranes. These blisters commonly appear in the mouth and are prone to bursting easily, which ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to SYNT001 (Syntimmune) for the treatment of pemphigus, a rare and severe autoimmune disease that causes painful blistering.

The term “pemphigus” refers to a group of organ-specific, rare, autoimmune diseases that cause blistering of the skin. Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is the second most common form of pemphigus. It is ...