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Pervasive Sharing of Genetic Effects in Autoimmune Disease [PDF]
Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified numerous, replicable, genetic associations between common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and risk of common autoimmune and inflammatory (immune-mediated) diseases, some of which are shared ...
Klareskog, Lars +113 more
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IMPORTANCE Quality-of-life (QOL) evaluation is an increasingly important outcome measure in dermatology, with disease-specific QOL instruments being the most sensitive to changes in disease status.
Chee, SN +12 more
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Development of antigen-specific ELISA for circulating autoantibodies to extracellular matrix protein 1 in lichen sclerosus [PDF]
Lichen sclerosus is a common, acquired chronic inflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology, although circulating autoantibodies to the glycoprotein extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) have been detected in most patients’ sera.
Sallie M. Neill +44 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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Interaction of Psoriasis and Bullous Diseases
Patients with psoriasis are frequently complicated with autoimmune bullous diseases, especially, pemphigoid diseases. It has been known that one-third cases of anti-laminin gamma1 pemphigoid, formerly anti-p200 pemphigoid, are associated with psoriasis ...
Teruki Dainichi +2 more
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The importance of direct immunofluorescence in pemphigus herpetiformis diagnosis [PDF]
Pemphigus herpetiformis is an autoimmune bullous disease, that combines clinical features of dermatitis herpetiformis and linear IgA bullous dermatosis and immunological characteristics of pemphigus, which makes this disease peculiar and this diagnosis ...
Paula Carolina Pessanha de Faria +5 more
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Pemphigus Vulgaris and Bullous Pemphigoid: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment
Autoimmune bullous disorders are a heterogeneous spectrum of skin disorders characterized by the production of autoantibodies against adhesion molecules of the skin. The 2 major groups of diseases are “pemphigus diseases” and “autoimmune bullous diseases
Vito Di Lernia +3 more
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Adult linear IgA bullous dermatosis: report of three cases [PDF]
: Linear immunoglobulin A bullous dermatosis is a rare autoimmune disease that usually has an excellent prognosis in childhood; however, its control is more difficult in adults. It presents heterogeneous clinical manifestations and is frequently confused
Taila Yuri Siqueira Machado +3 more
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Autoimmune bullous diseases and paraneoplasia
Background and Design: Autoimmune bullous disease may rarely be associated with neoplasia, especially with lymphoproliferative malignancies. Association with malignancies has mostly been reported in pemphigus, bullous pemphigoid and dermatitis ...
Kucukoglu, Rifkiye
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An unusual case of linear IgA disease affecting only the oral gingiva: a case report
Background We present a case report on desquamative gingivitis diagnosed as linear IgA disease (LAD), which is a rare autoimmune bullous disease exclusively affecting the oral gingiva.
Jianing He, Jun Shen, Wei Guo
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