"Acantholysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Separation of the prickle cells of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis, resulting in atrophy of the prickle cell layer. It is seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris (see PEMPHIGUS) and DARIER DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000051
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.865.070 C23.550.035
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acantholysis" by people in Profiles.
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Kouba DJ, Dasgeb B, Deng AC, Gaspari AA. Effective treatment of persistent Grover's disease with trichloroacetic acid peeling. Dermatol Surg. 2006 Aug; 32(8):1083-8; discussion 1088.
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Yeh SW, Cavacini LA, Bhol KC, Lin MS, Kumar M, Duval M, Posner MR, Ahmed AR. Pathogenic human monoclonal antibody against desmoglein 3. Clin Immunol. 2006 Jul; 120(1):68-75.
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Pantanowitz L, LaPolice P, Cao QJ, Goulart RA. Pemphigus vulgaris of the cervix. Diagn Cytopathol. 2005 Dec; 33(6):401.
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Nguyen VT, Ndoye A, Shultz LD, Pittelkow MR, Grando SA. Antibodies against keratinocyte antigens other than desmogleins 1 and 3 can induce pemphigus vulgaris-like lesions. J Clin Invest. 2000 Dec; 106(12):1467-79.
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Vu TN, Lee TX, Ndoye A, Shultz LD, Pittelkow MR, Dahl MV, Lynch PJ, Grando SA. The pathophysiological significance of nondesmoglein targets of pemphigus autoimmunity. Development of antibodies against keratinocyte cholinergic receptors in patients with pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus. Arch Dermatol. 1998 Aug; 134(8):971-80.