Mortality Rates Among Individuals Diagnosed with Pemphigus: 12-Year Experience in Tehran, Iran
The mean age of the disease was found to be a decade earlier than other parts of the world, with a higher preponderance of women. The most common comorbidities were hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Most deaths were due to infectious and cardiovascular diseases. Mortality rate was 1/3 in patients who received RTX compared to those who were treated with high dose corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive agents.
Authors
- Hamideh Moravvej (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7282)
- Nastaran Namazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-8122)
- Ghazal Mardani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7372-5470)
- Zahra Razzaghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0039-9501)
- Fahimeh Abdollahimajd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9463-0665)
Institutions
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Iranian Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.34172/aim.31996
- Primary Topic
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00