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Increasing Prevalence of Syphilis: Oral Manifestations, Diagnosis and Management
ABSTRACT Introduction Cases of syphilis are increasing, with 9513 cases diagnosed in England in 2023, the highest annual number since 1948. Oral healthcare professionals should therefore be aware of how oral syphilis presents, the differential diagnosis and the appropriate care pathway and management.
C. C. Currie +8 more
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The oral cavity is the first component of the digestive tract, which is delimited by the lips anteriorly and the oropharynx posteriorly. The oral cavity functions as a protective barrier and is an essential component for speech and swallowing ...
Burgess, Jeff +6 more
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Systematic Review of Management Strategies for Alport Syndrome: Implications for Male Patients
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Alport Syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by progressive kidney disease, hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities, with an incidence of approximately 1 in 50,000 newborns. Due to the severity of the disease, particularly in males with X‐linked inheritance, this systematic review consolidates current ...
Zouina Sarfraz +10 more
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An unusual case of benign mucous membrane pemphigoid
This case of benign mucous membrane pemphigoid (BMMP) is unusual in that blistering, scarring lesions were confined to the skin for 15 years before mucous membranes were involved. The onset of this disorder at the age of 38 is also unusual. Detailed immunological investigation was performed on this patient but the results in no way clarify the present ...
C I, Harrington, I B, Sneddon
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Desquamative Gingivitis: Early Sign of Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid and Pemphigus Vulgaris [PDF]
Early signs and symptoms of autoimmune bullous diseases such as mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) or pemphigus vulgaris (PV) develop in the oral cavity in almost all cases.
Endo, Hiroyasu +9 more
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Diagnostic challenge: Juvenile bullous pemphigoid with a negative BP180 ELISA
Abstract Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disease primarily affecting the elderly, whereas cases of juvenile BP are rare. Both types of BP are typically mediated by autoantibodies targeting the NC16A region of BP180; however, a small subset of adult patient sera react to other regions of the protein.
Janet A. Fairley +4 more
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Oral autoimmune vesicobullous diseases: Classification, clinical presentations, molecular mechanisms, diagnostic algorithms, and management [PDF]
Mucocutaneous blistering autoimmune diseases are a group of systemic, rare, chronic disorders characterized by humoral-mediated immunologic mechanisms against epithelial, basement membrane, and subepithelial tissues.
Adamo D. +4 more
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Abstract Background Pediatric pemphigus is a rare bullous disease that represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge; evidence on patients' response to various treatments and long‐term surveillance data are lacking. We aimed to investigate pediatric pemphigus patients' characteristics, diagnosis, therapeutics, response, and long‐term follow‐up ...
Yael Renert‐Yuval +6 more
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Se presenta un caso de retracción esencial de la conjuntiva en una mujer de 83 años de edad, caso clínico poco frecuente y de gran interés. Se caracteriza por ser una conjuntivitis cicatrizal crónica que no debe ser confundida con el pénfigo vulgar ...
Belkis Vega Quiroga +3 more
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Abstract Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe skin reaction caused by extensive epidermal and mucosal necrosis. This clinical phenomenon is known as an acute syndrome of apoptotic pan‐epidermolysis (ASAP). The ASAP phenomenon is observed in conditions that mimic TEN, highlighting the challenge in distinguishing these conditions.
Bahareh Abtahi‐Naeini +3 more
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