Assessing the Autoantibody levels in Relation to Recurrence of Pemphigus: Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Measurements and Recurrent Event Times

摘要

Background:Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease and it is unclear what triggers and deteriorates it. The current study aimed to evaluate whether increasing the IgG antibody titer represents a good indicator of the pemphigus recurrence.