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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Anti-Laminin 332-Type Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2022 Anti-laminin (LM) 332-type mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a rare autoimmune bullous disease and was originally discovered as anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid.
Luhuai Shi, Xiaoguang Li, Hua Qian
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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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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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Gut Dysbiosis in Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid is an orphan multi-system autoimmune scarring disease involving mucosal sites, including the ocular surface (OcMMP) and gut. Loss of tolerance to epithelial basement membrane proteins and generation of autoreactive T cell and ...
Liying Low +15 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 ...
K. Zhang +4 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
Khatsaeva Raisa +2 more
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Oral Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid With Positive Nikolsky’s Sign: A Case Report
Acta Medica Iranica, 2021 Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a rare inflammatory, autoimmune, and subepithelial vesiculobullous disease in which tissue-bound autoantibodies are produced against one or more components of the basement membrane. Oral lesions of the pemphigoid begin
Narjes Akbari +2 more
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Unstructured Handwashing Recognition using Smartwatch to Reduce Contact Transmission of Pathogens [PDF]
IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 83111-83124, 2022, 2021 Current guidelines from the World Health Organization indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which results in the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is transmitted through respiratory droplets or by contact. Contact transmission occurs when contaminated hands touch the mucous membrane of the mouth, nose, or eyes so hands hygiene is extremely ...
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