Autoantibodies from Patients with Cicatricial Pemphigoid Target Different Sites in Epidermal Basement Membrane
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Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
CC (6/20/96): Red, itchy eyes, whitish discharge x 6 weeks HPI: A 74 year old retired policeman noticed red, itchy eyes associated with whitish discharge that worsened over the past six weeks. Two weeks later, the patient consulted his ophthalmologist, who treated him antibiotic eye drops without a favorable response. The patient did not respond to the antibiotic and states he was biopsied. He ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0022-202X
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12665840