Fifty-two pemphigus vulgaris patients were investigated in the author’s previously unpublished study. The average age of the patients was 46 (±13.6) years, and the average weight of the patients was 72 (±14.9) kg. Of the patients, 29 were male (55.8%) and 23 of them (44.2%) were female (Fig. 14.1).

Four cases (7.7%) had the cutaneous form, only 7 cases had the mucosal type (13.5), and 41 cases had the mucocutaneous form of disease (78.8%) (Fig. 14.2).

The average time until remission was 7.7 ± 2.9 days for the cutaneous type, and the average Pemphigus Disease Area Index (PDAI) of these patients was 19.5 ± 16.3. In the mucosal type, the remission time was 10 ± 1 days and the average PDAI was 8.3 ± 2.8. For the mucocutaneous form of the disease, the average remission time was 8.9 ± 27 and 10.8 ± 4 days for cutaneous and mucosal types of lesions, respectively.

In the mucocutaneous form of disease, the average PDAI was 17.7 ± 8.3 and 9.7 ± 8.6 for cutaneous and mucosal types of lesions, respectively.

The average of desmoglein (DSG) 3 and DSG1 in the three forms of disease shows no statistically significant differences (Table 14.1).

For three of the four patients (75%) with the cutaneous form of the disease, remission occurred in less than 10 days, and for one out of the four patients (25%), remission took more than 10 days to occur (Table 14.2).