title: Desmosome splitting is a primary ultrastructural change in the acantholysis of pemphigus.
authors.forename: Wenqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amagai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishiko
mesh_terms: D000051:Acantholysis / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008875:Middle Aged; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000473:pathology*