ON THE VIRUS ETIOLOGY OF PEMPHIGUS AND DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS DUHRING

[摘要] The arguments for and against the virus etiology of pemphigus vulgaris and dermatitis herpetiformis Duhring are discussed and the literature is reviewed. It was shown that an increasing amount of evidence speaks against this theory. Results of the authors'' experiments to prove the presence of a pemphigus virus were negative.