Unique immunobullous disease in a child with a predominantly IgA response to three desmosomal proteins.

We report the case of a 15-year-old girl who presented at 11 years of age with an interesting, acquired and, to our knowledge, unique blistering disease. It involved both skin and mucous membranes with extensive oral and periungual lesions, clinically resembling paraneoplastic pemphigus. Skin biopsy...

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Main Authors: Gooptu, C, Mendelsohn, S, Amagai, M, Hashimoto, T, Nishikawa, T, Wojnarowska, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999