Dermatitis herpetiformis and bullous pemphigoid: a developing association confirmed by immunoelectronmicroscopy.

Setterfield, J; Bhogal, B; Black, M M; McGibbon, D H · Br J Dermatol · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a case of dermatitis herpetiformis associated with bullous pemphigoid in which the clinical, histopathological and immunopathological findings were corroborated by direct immunoelectronmicroscopy performed on normal and peri-lesional skin biopsies. Western immunoblotting detected the 180 kDa BPAG2 consistent with bullous pemphigoid. HLA-typing confirmed the DR3 DQ2 haplotype associated with dermatitis herpetiformis.

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