Immun skin isease dogs - In Practice

IN PRACTICE. JULY 1991 Pemphigus vulgaris Pemphigusvulgaris is thesecondmostcommonautoimmune skin disease in dogs. There is a marked mucocutaneous orientation: approximately90percent ofcases haveorallesions at thetimeofdiagnosis, andin 50percent ofcases oral cavity lesions alone are present at the time ofdiagnosis (Muller and others 1989). ................
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