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Tinea incognito is a dermatophyte infection of the skin with an atypical presentation attributed to inappropriate treatment with immunosuppressive medications. In thi

The purpose of this paper is to show (1) the use and limitations of the techniques involved in immunofluorescent procedures, (2) to describe the skin diseases in which immunofluorescence is of diagnostic or therapeutic value and (3) to review our experience over the past two years. There are many skin diseases in which diagnosis can be difficult at a histopathological level, let alone for the c...

Background: IgA class serum autoantibodies against type 2 (tissue) transglutaminase (TG2) bind to both intestinal and extraintestinal normal tissue sections in vitro, eliciting endomysial, reticulin, and jejunal antibody reactions. It is not known whether similar binding also occurs in coeliac patients in vivo, and may thereby contribute to disease manifestations. Aims: To investigate intestina...

Small intestinal morphology and function were assessed in 82 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis, 51 of whom were taking a normal diet and 31 a gluten free diet. Methods used were histopathological evaluation of jejunal mucosal biopsy specimens, quantitation of intraepithelial lymphocytes, cellobiose/mannitol permeability test, tissue disaccharidase values, serum antigliadin antibodies, and ...

The role of the process of apoptosis is investigated in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases; however at present, there is not much information about its role in dermatitis herpetiformis. Skin biopsies were taken from 18 DH patients and from 10 healthy subjects. The localization and expression of Bax, Fas, FasL, TRAIL, TRAIL-R in skin lesions, and perilesional skin were studied by immun...

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) are chronic subepidermal bullous diseases, which progress together with an itch and an inflammatory reaction. These symptoms may be the cause of a phenomenon described in the literature as a neurogenic skin inflammation. Neuropeptides are one of the mediators which take part in this process. The aim of our study was to indicate the expre...

BACKGROUND IgA class serum autoantibodies against type 2 (tissue) transglutaminase (TG2) bind to both intestinal and extraintestinal normal tissue sections in vitro, eliciting endomysial, reticulin, and jejunal antibody reactions. It is not known whether similar binding also occurs in coeliac patients in vivo, and may thereby contribute to disease manifestations. AIMS To investigate intestina...