Desquamative gingivitis as only presenting sign of mucous membrane pemphigoid
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Childhood oral mucous membrane pemphigoid presenting as desquamative gingivitis in a 4-year-old girl.
Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a chronic inflammatory, bullous subepithelial auto-immune disease, with predominant involvement of the mucosal surfaces. Oral mucous membrane pemphigoid occurring in childhood is extremely rare. We describe a new case of this entity occurring in a 4-year-old girl who presented with desquamative gingivitis. Diagnosis was based on clinical presentation, histopatholog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0972-124X
DOI: 10.4103/0972-124x.182602