DERMATITIS-HERPETIFORMIS AND BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID - A DEVELOPING ASSOCIATION CONFIRMED BY IMMUNOELECTRONMICROSCOPY

Authors
SETTERFIELD J BHOGAL B BLACK MM MCGIBBON DH
Citation
J. Setterfield et al., DERMATITIS-HERPETIFORMIS AND BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID - A DEVELOPING ASSOCIATION CONFIRMED BY IMMUNOELECTRONMICROSCOPY, British journal of dermatology, 136(2), 1997, pp. 253-256
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
136
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
253 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1997)136:2<253:DABP-A>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report a case of dermatitis herpetiformis associated with bullous p emphigoid in which the clinical, histopathological and immunopathologi cal findings were corroborated by direct immunoelectron-microscopy per formed on normal and peri-lesional skin biopsies. Western immunoblotti ng detected the 180 kDa BPAG2 consistent with bullous pemphigoid. HLA- typing confirmed the DR3 DQ2 haplotype associated with dermatitis herp etiformis.