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Bullous pemphigoid: etiology, pathogenesis, and inducing factors: facts and controversies.
Clinics in dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Lo Schiavo Ada, Ruocco Eleonora, Brancaccio Gabriella, Caccavale Stefano, Ruocco Vincenzo, Wolf Ronni
Abstract excerpt
The term pemphigoids includes a group of autoimmune bullous diseases characterized by subepidermal blistering. Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is not only the most common disorder within the pemphigoid group, but also represents the most frequent autoimmune blistering disease in general. The onset and course of BP depend on a variable interaction between predisposing and inducing factors. HLA genes are the most...
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