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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Oral pemphigus vulgaris: A case series and review of literature
Bhavana Gupta1, Vivek Gupta2
1 Department of Oral Pathology, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
2 Department of Periodontology, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Bhavana Gupta
C-2/600, Sector C, Jankipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jdrr.jdrr_10_18
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Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune disease, normally associated with oral lesions that generally affects patients aged 40–60 years. PV manifests as extremely painful and persistent oral lesions. Here, we present a case series of PV (one male and two female patients with age between 35 and 50 years). It is an attempt to highlight its importance in diagnosis along with the review of literature on its molecular aspect.
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