Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Without Skin Lesions (Fuchs Syndrome): A Literature...
The characteristics of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) include a generalized cutaneous eruption, fever, inflamed buccal mucosa, and severe purulent conjunctivitis. Stevens-Johnson syndrome without skin...
View ArticleError in Text. in: Effect of a Single-Cycle Alternative Dosing Regimen for...
Error in Text. In the Observation titled “Effect of a Single-Cycle Alternative Dosing Regimen for Rituximab for Recalcitrant Pemphigus: A Case Series of 9 Patients” by Matsukura et al, published in the...
View ArticleThe IgG “Lupus-Band” Deposition Pattern of Pemphigus Erythematosus...
BackgroundPemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune skin disease characterized by subcorneal blistering and IgG antibodies directed against desmoglein 1. In the skin, these antibodies deposit...
View ArticlePrognostic Factors of Paraneoplastic Pemphigus Prognostic Factors of...
ObjectiveTo identify the prognostic factors of overall survival in a series of patients with paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP).DesignMulticenter retrospective cohort study.SettingTwenty-seven dermatology...
View ArticleSuccessful Treatment of Bullous Pemphigoid With Omalizumab Treatment of...
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an acquired, autoimmune, bullous disease that is characterized by autoantibodies against the 230-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen within basal keratinocytes and the 180-kDa...
View ArticlePurpura Fulminans From Meningococcemia Mimicking Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in...
Purpura fulminans (PF) is a potentially life-threatening condition manifested by cutaneous necrosis and hemorrhage due to dermal vascular thrombosis. Rare in adults, PF occurs in the setting of sepsis...
View ArticleSuccessful Treatment of Bullous Pemphigoid With Omalizumab Treatment of...
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an acquired, autoimmune, bullous disease that is characterized by autoantibodies against the 230-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen within basal keratinocytes and the 180-kDa...
View ArticlePrevalence and Clinical Significance of Anti–Laminin 332 Autoantibodies...
ImportanceA rare variant of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is characterized by circulating anti–laminin 332 (Lam332) autoantibodies and seems to be associated with concurrent malignant...
View ArticleBullous Pemphigoid
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune disease, which means that the cells in the body that normally fight infection attack the body instead. The body's immune system is confused and makes an antibody...
View ArticleCoexistence of Pemphigus Herpetiformis With IgG Antibodies to Desmocollin 1...
Pemphigus herpetiformis (PH) cases with IgG antibodies to desmocollin 1 (Dsc1) and pemphigoid cases without mucosal involvement reactive with epitopes on various antigens of mucous membrane pemphigoid...
View ArticleEpidermolysis Bullosa Pruriginosa A Case With Prominent Histopathologic...
ImportanceEpidermolysis bullosa (EB) pruriginosa is a rare variant of dystrophic EB. It may manifest late in life and is characterized by intense pruritus, resulting in a phenotype resembling acquired...
View ArticleAnti–Laminin-332 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid Developing After a Diphtheria...
ImportanceBullous pemphigoid (BP) has been previously described to develop after vaccination in 26 patients. Immunoblotting or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), which were performed for 7 of...
View ArticleBullous Pemphigoid as Pruritus in the Elderly A Common Presentation Bullous...
ImportanceIn the literature, patients with bullous pemphigoid have been reported to have itch without blisters. Clinical observations in these patients have varied from eczematous or urticarial to...
View ArticleUnderrecognition of the Heterogeneous Clinical Spectrum of Bullous Pemphigoid...
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is commonly characterized clinically by the presence of tense blisters that develop on erythematous or urticarial pruritic skin. To establish the diagnosis of BP, the presence...
View ArticleAnti–Laminin-332 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid Developing After a Diphtheria...
ImportanceBullous pemphigoid (BP) has been previously described to develop after vaccination in 26 patients. Immunoblotting or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), which were performed for 7 of...
View ArticleRelationship Between the HLA-B*1502 Allele and Carbamazepine-Induced...
ImportanceThe US Food and Drug Administration recommends screening for the HLA-B*1502 allele before initiation of carbamazepine therapy in patients of Asian ancestry, but there remains unclear evidence...
View ArticleDevelopment of a Quality-of-Life Instrument for Autoimmune Bullous Disease...
ImportanceQuality-of-life (QOL) evaluation is an increasingly important outcome measure in dermatology, with disease-specific QOL instruments being the most sensitive to changes in disease...
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