Dermatitis herpetiformis: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment

Researches on DH have shown that it is not just a bullous skin disease, but a cutaneous-intestinal disorder caused by hypersensitivity to gluten. Exposure to gluten is the starting point of an inflammatory cascade capable of forming autoantibodies that are brought to the skin, where they are deposit...

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Main Authors: Marcos Vinícius Clarindo, Adriana Tomazzoni Possebon, Emylle Marlene Soligo, Hirofumi Uyeda, Roseli Terezinha Ruaro, Julio Cesar Empinotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014-12-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962014000600865&tlng=en