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Dermatitis herpetiformis in Japan: An Update
1 Jan 2002
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BACKGROUND: Although dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a relatively common disease in Caucasian populations, it is rare in Asian populations including the Japanese. We encountered a Japanese case of DH which showed granular IgA and C3 deposits in the papillary dermis and which was associated with gluten-sensitive enteropathy but no HLA-B8/DR3/DQ2. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to describe the...
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