OBJECTIVES To evaluate treatment with methotrexate in patients with bullous pemphigoid and to elucidate the reduced adverse effects compared with standard treatment with prednisone. DESIGN Retrospective study (January 1, 1999-December 31, 2003). SETTING The Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Karolinska University Hospital. PATIENTS A total of 138 consecutive patients with bullous p...

AIM OF STUDY To study the efficacy of tetracycline (or doxycycline) and nicotinamide in the treatment of less extensive bullous pemphigoid. METHODS An open trial of 11 patients with bullous pemphigoid. Treatment was initiated with tetracycline 1.5-2 g/day and nicotinamide 1.5-2 g/day and gradually tapered down. Doxycycline was substituted for tetracycline in patients who could not tolerate te...

Bullous pemphigoid is a blistering autoimmune disease characterized by two hemidesmosomal proteins (anti-BP180 and 230). Pemphigus, by contrast, is characterized by two autoantibodies (anti-desmoglein 1 and 3). Coexistence of autoantibodies of bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus in a patient is rare. A 25-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital, reporting a 3-month history of multiple p...

BACKGROUND Bullous pemphigoid is a chronic, blistering and autoimmune disease, common in old age. The treatment usually includes systemic steroids, however, these cause high morbidity rates, and then different products that function as adjuvants have been tried. At present, there are no studies to determine which adjuvant offers a better efficacy and safety profile. METHODS We performed a ret...

Chan, MD t of Dermatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine.Download a PDF about this oral disease which includes photographs. Cicatricial pemphigoid is a relatively uncommon blistering disease that mostly affects the. Mucous membrane pemphigoid MMP is a rare group of chronic. Years and oral lesions are seen as the initial manifestation of the disease in.Acta Clin Croat, Vol. : Oral l...

BP: bullous pemphigoid BPAG: bullous pemphigoid antigen CVA: cerebrovascular accident INTRODUCTION Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune disease that results in the formation of tense bullae, usually affecting the elderly population. The pathogenesis involves deposition of IgG autoantibodies in basement membrane hemidesmosomes followed by complement activation and subsequent recruitment of i...

OBJECTIVE Sub-epidermal bullous disorders belong to immunobullous diseases which develop as a result of autoantibody action against epidermal basement membrane proteins. Clinically, they are tense bullae and do not rupture easily. They are classified into various forms based on histopathology and direct immunofluorescence patterns. This study was undertaken to assess the incidence of various su...

BACKGROUND Bullous pemphigoid is the most common autoimmune blistering skin disease of the elderly. Because elderly people have low tolerance for standard regimens of oral corticosteroids, we studied whether highly potent topical corticosteroids could decrease mortality while controlling disease. METHODS A total of 341 patients with bullous pemphigoid were enrolled in a randomized, multicente...

PURPOSE To understand the underlying mechanisms responsible for the easy removal and sloughing of corneal epithelium in vitamin A deficiency. METHODS An animal model of vitamin A deficiency, the vitamin A-deficient rat (A-rat), transmission electron microscopy, computer-assisted morphometric analysis and indirect immunofluorescence were used to study the adhesion of rat corneal epithelium to ...