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Oral mucosal manifestations of autoimmune skin diseases.
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Oct 2015
Mustafa Mayson B, Porter Stephen R, Smoller Bruce R, Sitaru Cassian
Abstract excerpt
A group of autoimmune diseases is characterised by autoantibodies against epithelial adhesion structures and/or tissue-tropic lymphocytes driving inflammatory processes resulting in specific pathology at the mucosal surfaces and the skin. The most frequent site of mucosal involvement in autoimmune diseases is the oral cavity. Broadly, these diseases include conditions affecting the cell-cell adhesion causing...
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