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PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS

\pˈɛmfɪɡəs fˌə͡ʊlɪˈasɪəs], \pˈɛmfɪɡəs fˌə‍ʊlɪˈasɪəs], \p_ˈɛ_m_f_ɪ_ɡ_ə_s f_ˌəʊ_l_ɪ__ˈa_s_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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This variety presents an essential difference from pemphigus chronicus, in that the lesions, instead of healing rapidly, remain as excoriations or leave denuded areas from which epidermal scabs are constantly thrown off.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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