To determine the clinicopathologic significance of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) and
review the literature on this condition, we conducted a MEDLINE search of English …

Much like other autoantibodies (eg, anti-double stranded DNA in systemic lupus
erythematosus or antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies in Goodpasture's …

ContextImmunosuppressive therapies for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–
associated vasculitis have greatly advanced patient survival but have turned ANCA …

Purpose Primary care physicians (PCPs) constitute an appropriate target for new
interventions and educational campaigns designed to increase skin cancer screening and …

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign and self-limited disorder, characterized by
regional cervical lymphadenopathy with tenderness, usually accompanied with mild fever …

Background: Malignant melanoma is becoming an increasingly important problem in public
health as incidence rates have been increasing continuously in Caucasian populations …

The IgG4 subclass of antibodies exhibits unique characteristics that suggest it may function
in an immunoregulatory capacity. The inhibitory function of IgG4 has been well documented …

Importance Variability in genes encoding proteins involved in the immunological pathways
of biological therapy may account for the differences observed in outcomes of anti–tumor …

Pemphigus vulgaris is an infrequent but life-threatening autoimmune blistering disease that
is rare in the pediatric age. Although the mainstay of therapy for childhood pemphigus …

Porphyria cutanea tarda is the most frequent porphyria and occurs in both sporadic and
familial forms. We conducted the current study in a series of 152 consecutive patients with …