Clinical features and in vivo confocal microscopy assessment in 12 patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid [PDF]
AIM: To describe the clinical features and microstructural characteristics assessed by in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) in patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP). METHODS: A descriptive, uncontrolled case series study.
Qin Long +5 more
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Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid treated with intramuscular corticotropin injections [PDF]
Edward Chen, MD +2 more
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Autoimmune Ocular Surface Disorders: From Molecular Immunopathogenesis to Regenerative and Surgical Therapeutics [PDF]
Autoimmune ocular surface diseases represent a complex group of disorders in which systemic immune dysregulation triggers chronic inflammation, epithelial dysfunction, and progressive tissue fibrosis.
Wojciech Luboń +3 more
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Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis as a Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome: A case report [PDF]
Pilar Uribe-Reina +2 more
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Treatment of Ocular Surface Disease in Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
While substantial research has focused on systemic immunomodulatory therapy for ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP), limited data exist on managing associated ocular surface disease (OSD). This study evaluates treatments for OCP-related OSD at our institution.We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with cicatrizing conjunctivitis at
Alan G Palestine +2 more
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Ocular involvement in cases of bullous pemphigoid is rare and when present, the signs are usually subtle and in the form of fine tarsal scarring and dry eye disease.
Anahita Kate +3 more
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Ocular involvement in cases of bullous pemphigoid is rare and when present, the signs are usually subtle and in the form of fine tarsal scarring and dry eye disease.
Anahita Kate +3 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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Pemphigus and pemphigoids: Clinical presentation, diagnosis and therapy
Summary Pemphigus and pemphigoid are two potentially life‐threatening groups of autoimmune diseases, characterized by autoantibodies targeting structural components of desmosomes or hemidesmosomes, respectively. Affected patients typically show itchy/painful plaques or blistering skin lesions and/or impairing mucosal blistering and erosions, which may ...
Dario Didona +3 more
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Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid: Case Report
Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid (OCP) is an autoimmune, progressive disorder that primarily affects the conjunctiva producing cicatrizing conjunctivitis and can progress to blindness.
Revathi Rajaraman +2 more
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