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Immunofluorescence testing in the diagnosis of autoimmune blistering diseases: overview of 10-year experience [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
BACKGROUND: Immunofluorescence testing is an important tool for diagnosing blistering diseases. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the immunofluorescence findings in patients diagnosed with autoimmune blistering skin diseases.
Samia Trigo Arbache, Tarsila Gasparotto Nogueira, Lívia Delgado, Denise Miyamoto, Valéria Aoki   +4 more
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Epidemiological Study of Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses in Northeastern Romania

Diagnostics, 2023
Background: Autoimmune bullous diseases (ABDs) are a rare but significant group of dermatoses that pose great challenges to the treating dermatologist. ABDs are characterized by the presence of tissue-bound and circulating autoantibodies directed against
Ioana Adriana Popescu, Dan Vata, Doinita Temelie Olinici, Bogdan Marian Tarcau, Adriana Ionela Patrascu, Ioana Alina Halip, Dumitrita Lenuta Gugulus, Madalina Mocanu, Laura Gheuca Solovastru   +8 more
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Histomorphology of healthy oral mucosa in untreated celiac patients: unexpected association with spongiosis. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: The jejunal mucosa is the major site involved in celiac disease, but modifications have also been found in the gastric, rectal and esophageal mucosa.
Aine, Aine, Alsaigh, Arranz, Austin, Bayer-Garner, Bossu, Brandtzaeg, Brandtzaeg, Brod, Brodersen, Bucci, Campisi, Carlsson, Carroccio, Cataldo, Catassi, Catassi, Cellier, Contreras, De Rossi, Demarosi, Dobbins, Drut, Ellis, Ensari, Ensari, Ensari, Fasano, Green, Hayat, Hill, Iltanen, Iovino, Isogai, Jurge, Kolho, Korponay-Szabo, Kutlu, Lahteenoja, Lahteenoja, Lahteenoja, Lahteenoja, Loft, Majorana, Maki, Marsh, Migliari, Neville, Not, Oberhuber, Petrecca, Prati, Procaccini, Rasmusson, Rosai, Rubin, Salazar de Sousa, Schuppan, Scully, Sedghizadeh, Squier, Stenn, Torres, Trier, Troncone, Weedon, Wierink   +67 more
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Differential diagnostics of bullous dermatoses

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2017
Bullous dermatoses are the diseases characterized by vesication and erosion of skin and/or mucos coats, production of autoantibodies against the structural components of epidermis and/or derma. The most frequent diseases of these disorders are pemphigus,
A. A. Kubanov, L. F. Znamenskaya, T. V. Abramova   +2 more
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Bullous pemphigoid autoantibodies

AIMS Allergy and Immunology, 2021
Autoimmune blistering skin disorders are rare. According to direct immunofluorescence studies, three categories are described: pemphigus group, pemphigoid group and dermatitis herpetiformis.
Florentina-Silvia Delli, Elena Sotiriou, Efstratios Vakirlis, Demetrios Ioannides   +3 more
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Direct immunofluorescence microscopy [PDF]

, 2022
Direct immunofluorescence plays an important role in the diagnosis of autoimmune blistering diseases. The purpose of direct immunofluorescence microscopy is to detect in vivo antibodies in patient's skin or mucosa.
Diercks, Gilles F.H., Pas, Hendri H.
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Annular bullous pemphigoid: A case report and review of literature

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease that primarily affects the geriatric population. It often presents as urticarial erythematous plaques, which evolve into subepidermal blisters accompanied by pruritus.
Steffie Arès, Darosa Lim, Sungmi Jung, Danielle Bouffard, Alexandra Mereniuk   +4 more
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Scalp, Oral, and Nail Pemphigus Vulgaris: Clinical Characteristics and a Review of the Literature. [PDF]

, 2023
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a rare disease that affects the skin and mucous membranes, causing blistering and erosions. Identifying and effectively managing atypical presentations of pemphigus vulgaris can be challenging due to its rarity.
DeLamielleure, Lauren E, Eachus, Emily, Faiz, Arfa, Mitha, Samrah, Rasul, Taha F   +4 more
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Development of a Desmocollin-3 Active Mouse Model Recapitulating Human Atypical Pemphigus

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a life-threatening mucocutaneous autoimmune blistering disease. It is often associated with autoantibodies to the desmosomal adhesion proteins Desmoglein 3 (DSG3) and Desmoglein 1 (DSG1).
Roberta Lotti, Claudio Giacinto Atene, Alessandra Marconi, Giulia Di Rocco, L. Reggiani Bonetti, Tommaso Zanocco Marani, Carlo Pincelli   +6 more
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The epidemiology of autoimmune bullous diseases in Sudan between 2000 and 2016.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectivesAutoimmune bullous diseases vary in their clinico-epidemiological features and burden across populations. Data about these diseases was lacking in Sudan.
Omayma Siddig, Mayson B Mustafa, Yousif Kordofani, John Gibson, Ahmed M Suleiman   +4 more
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