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Autoimmune Bullous Diseases: Historical Perspectives [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2008
The first major finding that allowed us to progress in our understanding of autoimmune blistering skin diseases was that chronic blistering diseases of the skin could be differentiated. The initial major clinical differentiation was between pemphigus and pemphigoid and, still today, our major progress in understanding these diseases comes from patients
Stanley, John R., Amagai, Masayuki
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Quality of life in mild and severe alopecia areata patients

International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2018
Background: Alopecia areata is a relapsing hair disorder characterized by a sudden hairloss and has a considerable impact on patient’s quality of life. The goal of this study was to determine quality of life among patients with mild and severe forms of ...
Robabeh Abedini, Zahra Hallaji, Vahideh Lajevardi, Maryam Nasimi, Mona Karimi Khaledi, Hamid Reza Tohidinik   +5 more
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Linear IgA bullous dermatosis: report of an exuberant case [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013
Linear immunoglobulin A dermatosis is a rare autoimmune bullous disease, but the most common autoimmune bullous dermatosis in children. We report a typical exuberant case of linear IgA dermatosis in a ten-month old child, who showed good response to ...
Beatriz Cavalcanti de Souza, Nádire Cristina Freire Pontes Fregonesi, Antônio José Tebcherani, Ana Paula Galli Sanchez, Valéria Aoki, Juliana Christien Fernandes   +5 more
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Serological Biomarkers and Their Detection in Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2022
Autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs) are a group of skin-related disorders that involve damage to structures maintaining cell-cell adhesion, such as desmosomes and hemidesmosomes.
Ilana Heckler, Michael Hong, Animesh Sinha, Iswariya Venkataraman   +3 more
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The potential roles of herpesvirus and cytomegalovirus in the exacerbation of pemphigus vulgaris

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2018
Background: Among exogenous etiologies, the critical role of microbial agents such as herpesviruses (HSV1/2) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) in triggering and flaring autoimmune conditions such as pemphigus vulgaris (PV) has been recently discovered ...
Fariba Mohammadi, Zahra Khalili, Sayed Mahdi Marashi, Amirhoushang Ehsani, Maryam Daneshpazhooh, Majid Teymoori-Rad, Kamran Balighi, Ahmad Nejati, Shohreh Shahmahmoodi, Shima Izadidakhrabadi, Hamidreza Mahmoudi, Pedram Noormohammadpour   +11 more
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Comorbidity in bullous pemphigoid: up-date and clinical implications

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Bullous pemphigoid is the most common autoimmune blistering disease in industrialized countries and particularly affects the elderly. In this patient population, comorbid diseases are frequent and may complicate management and treatment of bullous ...
Johanna Huttelmaier, Sandrine Benoit, Matthias Goebeler   +2 more
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Associations between selected immune-mediated diseases and tuberculosis: record-linkage studies. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that there may be an association between some immune-mediated diseases and risk of tuberculosis (TB). METHODS: We analyzed a database of linked statistical records of hospital admissions and death certificates ...
Michael J Goldacre, Goldacre, R, Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Conlon, C, Raph Goldacre, Andrew Skingsley, Ramagopalan, SV, Skingsley, A, Goldacre, MJ, Goldacre, Michael, Chris Conlon   +10 more
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Annular bullous pemphigoid: A case report and review of literature

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease that primarily affects the geriatric population. It often presents as urticarial erythematous plaques, which evolve into subepidermal blisters accompanied by pruritus.
Steffie Arès, Darosa Lim, Sungmi Jung, Danielle Bouffard, Alexandra Mereniuk   +4 more
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Autoimmune Bullous Diseases

, 2022
This extensively revised new edition provides a quick study and reference guide for physicians who treat patients with autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs), the most life-threatening inflammatory diseases of the skin. AIBDs are rare, comprising less than 1% of the dermatological patients and as such, they are often given little focus in general ...
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Polymorphisms in the Mitochondrial Genome Are Associated With Bullous Pemphigoid in Germans

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most prevalent autoimmune skin blistering disease and is characterized by the generation of autoantibodies against the hemidesmosomal proteins BP180 (type XVII collagen) and BP230.
Juliane Russlies, Anke Fähnrich, Anke Fähnrich, Mareike Witte, Mareike Witte, Junping Yin, Sandrine Benoit, Sandrine Benoit, Regine Gläser, Regine Gläser, Claudia Günter, Claudia Günter, Rüdiger Eming, Rüdiger Eming, Jeanette Erdmann, Damian Gola, Yask Gupta, Maike Marleen Holtsche, Johannes S. Kern, Johannes S. Kern, Johannes S. Kern, Inke R. König, Dimitra Kiritsi, Dimitra Kiritsi, Wolfgang Lieb, Wolfgang Lieb, Christian D. Sadik, Miklós Sárdy, Miklós Sárdy, Miklós Sárdy, Franziska Schauer, Franziska Schauer, Nina van Beek, Anke Weidinger, Anke Weidinger, Margitta Worm, Margitta Worm, Detlef Zillikens, Detlef Zillikens, Enno Schmidt, Enno Schmidt, Enno Schmidt, Hauke Busch, Hauke Busch, Saleh M. Ibrahim, Saleh M. Ibrahim, Misa Hirose   +46 more
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