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Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor-associated bullous pemphigoid, likely triggered by scabies, in a hemodialysis patient with human leukocyte antigen-DQB1*03:01.
CEN case reports - 1 Aug 2020
Hibi Arata, Kasahara Yuto, Ishihara Yoshitaka, Hata Koichi, Hosokawa Norihisa, Nakagawa Takahiko
Abstract excerpt
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune subepidermal bullous diseases. Autoantibodies against hemidesmosomal adhesion proteins might be involved in the developing process. BP usually affects the elderly with high mortality whereas the drug-induced BP is often improved and rarely relapses after the withdrawal of the suspected drug. An accumulated evidence suggests that dipeptidyl peptidase-4...
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