European Journal of Dermatology
MENUHLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 genes in susceptibility and resistance to cicatricial pemphigoid in French Caucasians Volume 8, numéro 5, July - August 1998
Illustrations
Mireille DROUET, Noelle DELPUGET-BERTIN, Loïc VAILLANT, Sylvie CHAUCHAIX, Marie-Denise BOULANGER, Jean-Marie BONNETBLANC, Philippe BERNARD
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Debré, Reims, France.
- Page(s) : 330-3
- Année de parution : 1998
Cicatricial pemphigoid (CP) is an autoimmune, subepithelial bullous disease, affecting primarily the elderly. CP patients typically present with tense, subepithelial blisters and erosions of mucosae (oral, ocular, and or genital epithelia) with varying degrees of skin involvement and further scar formation [1, 2]. As in other autoimmune skin-blistering diseases, there is in vivo deposition of immunoglobulins (Ig) and complement components [...]