European Journal of Dermatology
MENUBullous pemphigoid in a leg affected with hemiparesia: a possible relation of neurological diseases with bullous pemphigoid? Volume 11, numéro 3, May - June 2001
Illustrations
Department of Dermatology, Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital, 46, rue Henri-Huchard 75018 Paris, France.
- Page(s) : 230-3
- Année de parution : 2001
BP is an auto-immune blistering skin disease characterized by the production of antibodies directed against hemidesmosome components of the basement membrane zone. The targeted antigens are two proteins with molecular masses of 230 kD, BP antigen 1 (BPAG1) and 180 kD, BP antigen 2 (BPAG2). Although the cascade of phenomena which leads to blister formation is better known, the pathophysiology of the emergence of these auto-antibodies is less [...]