Bullous pemphigoid is the most common acquired bullous disease with an autoimmune basis and a tendency to involve mostly old people. By rising incidence of diabetes all over the world, consumption of antidiabetes medications has also increased.
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Bullous pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune dermatologic disease that usually occurs in the elderly. Mucous membrane lesions occur in about 10–35% of patients and are almost always limited to the oral mucous membrane.
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Oral Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid With Positive Nikolsky’s Sign: A Case Report
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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Consensus on the treatment of autoimmune bullous dermatoses: bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita - Brazilian Society of Dermatology [PDF]
: Bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita are subepidermal autoimmune blistering diseases whose antigenic target is located at the basement membrane zone.
Claudia Giuli Santi +6 more
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Assessing full thickness oral mucosal grafting: complications and postoperative outcomes in a broad collective of patients [PDF]
Background: Conjunctival defects can be repaired with several mucosal tissues. The simplicity of harvesting oral mucosa and its wide availability makes it the preferred graft tissue for all indications requiring mucosal grafting. Through analysing the
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A Case of Severe and Refractory Membranous Nephropathy Associated to Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Primary membranous nephropathy (MN) and mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) are two autoimmune conditions with well-defined diagnostic and treatment guidelines.
Eric Mereniuk +2 more
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Mucous membrane pemphigoid with ocular involvement in a patient diagnosed previously with mucosal-dominant pemphigus vulgaris: A case report [PDF]
Celine Dan-Tam Nguyen, BA +2 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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Bullous Pemphigoid and Other Pemphigoid Dermatoses
The pemphigoid family of dermatoses is characterized by autoimmune subepidermal blistering. The classic paradigm for pemphigoid, and the most common member, is bullous pemphigoid.
Valeryia Pratasava +6 more
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Autoimmune diseases and their manifestations on oral cavity: diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]
Oral signs are frequently the first manifestation of autoimmune diseases. For this reason, dentists play an important role in the detection of emerging autoimmune pathologies.
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