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Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid in a Nonagenarian: A Case Report [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023 Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune blistering disease characterized by post-bullous erosion of mucous membranes. Herein, we present a case of a nonagenarian man who was referred to our department of dermatology presenting with painful ...
Océane Babin de Lignac +5 more
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Value of Oesophageal Biopsies for Direct Immunofluorescence Microscopy in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid [PDF]
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023 Mucous membrane pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disorder characterized by predominant involvement of surface-close epithelia and linear depositions of immunoreactants at the dermal-epithelial junction on direct immunofluorescence microscopy.
Kaan Yilmaz +6 more
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Lid-wiper keratopathy and mucous membrane grafting [PDF]
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyBackground: A healthy lid-wiper is an important component of a healthy ocular surface. Any abnormality or irregularity of the lid wiper can potentially damage a relatively healthy ocular surface.
Prabhakar Singh +3 more
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Oral Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid. [PDF]
J Microsc Ultrastruct, 2022 Abstract Pemphigoid is a group of rare autoimmune diseases affecting the skin and the mucous membrane in which the autoantibodies are directed against the basement membrane zone target antigens causing subepithelial blistering. Oral health professionals are usually the first to identify as more than 90% of cases show oral lesions initially. A
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Lichen planus pemphigoides with predominant mucous membrane involvement: a series of 12 patients and a literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackgroundLichen planus pemphigoides (LPP), an association between lichen planus and bullous pemphigoid lesions, is a rare subepithelial autoimmune bullous disease.
Loraine Combemale +16 more
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Drag Reduction Characteristics of Bionic Structure Composed of Grooves and Mucous Membrane Acting on Turbulent Boundary Layer [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2022 The biological surface structure comprising fish scales and a mucous membrane exhibits good turbulent drag reduction ability. Based on this structure, a bionic frictional drag reduction model composed of a grooved structure and mucous membrane was ...
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Autoimmunity Reviews, 2022 Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a clinically and immunopathologically heterogenous disease with an incidence of about 2/million inhabitants/year in central Europe. Pemphigoid diseases are characterized by autoantibodies against structural proteins of the epidermis and/or surface-close epithelia.
Gefei, Du +3 more
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Functional morphology and adaptive significance of the mucous membrane of the corners of the mouth in ruminants [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2022 Using the methods of scanning electron microscopy, morphological and functional features of the mucous membrane of the corners of the mouth in representatives of Bovinae cattle [Bos taurus taurus] with normal and insufficient nutrition and their adaptive
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Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid [PDF]
Dental Clinics of North America, 2013 Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is chronic and frequently associated with exacerbations and remissions of clinical signs and symptoms. Clinicians should use pathologic and immunonologic techniques to help diagnose patients. Multidisciplinary collaboration is often necessary for the diagnosis and proper treatment of MMP.
Hong-Hui, Xu +3 more
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