In a 20-year survey of 70 cases of pemphigus at the Cleveland Clinic including results of treatment with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents, attention is drawn to complications and the high mortality (45%) that is still associated with pemphigus vulgaris (57% in pemphigus foliaceus). Pemphigus erythematosus continues to be a relatively benign disease.
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J. G. Ryan (1971) studied this question.