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Survey: Preferred practice patterns in the diagnosis of mucous membrane pemphigoid amongst cornea specialists. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Ophthalmol
Moussa S   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mucous membrane pemphigoid: an update

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2005
To review articles on mucous membrane pemphigoid, published between June 2004-May 2005.Decreased glycosylation of mucin was found in patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid. A unique antigen in oral mucous membrane pemphigoid has not yet been identified.
Margherita E, Eschle-Meniconi   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Pathogenesis of Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

Dermatologic Clinics, 2011
Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is the clinical phenotype of a group of autoimmune blistering diseases characterized by autoantibodies directed against different structural proteins in epidermal basement membranes. The clinical course and prognosis of MMP are affected by the specific autoantigen targeted, the titer and bioactivity profile of ...
Kim B Yancey
exaly   +3 more sources

Definitions and outcome measures for mucous membrane pemphigoid: Recommendations of an international panel of experts [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2015
Mucous membrane pemphigoid encompasses a group of autoimmune bullous diseases with a similar phenotype characterized by subepithelial blisters, erosions, and scarring of mucous membranes, skin, or both. Although knowledge about autoimmune bullous disease
Branka Marinović   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Immunodiagnosis of pemphigus and mucous membrane pemphigoid

open access: yesActa Odontologica Scandinavica, 2001
Pemphigus and pemphigoid are two of a group of bullous diseases affecting oral mucosa and skin. Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by subepithelial separation and the deposition of immunoglobulins and complement along the basement membrane zone (BMZ). The target antigens in the epithelium and BMZ
Challacombe, S J   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association, 2023
ABSTRACT: Separate case reports have described linear Immunoglobulin A (IgA) bullous dermatosis with histology mimicking oral lichen planus and ocular involvement with resultant blindness. Here, we describe a patient with known ocular cicatrizing disease but was unaware of an evolving rash of the oral mucosa. Subsequent biopsies were procured
Margaret DiRuggiero   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Mucous membrane pemphigoid

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2012
This review article summarizes the recent literature in regards to advancements in the diagnosis and management of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) published in the English literature since May 2011.MMP is an uncommon, subepithelial blistering conjunctivitis that is commonly associated with vision loss.
Divya, Srikumaran, Esen K, Akpek
openaire   +3 more sources

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