Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune blistering skin disease caused by cadherin desmoglein (Dsg)–specific autoantibodies that bind to epidermal desmosomes, resulting in blisters and erosions of the mucous membranes or skin or both. Rituximab is a chimeric, humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody…
In April 2020, practitioners first noted a temporal association between infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) as a rare but serious complication. Since that time, MIS-C has been reported to occur 2 to 6…
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