We report a new type of paraneoplastic mixed bullous skin disease in a patient with a B-cell lymphoma associated with monoclonal IgM kappa paraproteinaemia. The patient's clinical and histological features were reminiscent of bullous pemphigoid. Characterization of antiepidermal antibodies by immuno
Bullous skin diseases
β Scribed by Hossein C Nousari; Grant J Anhalt
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 923 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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β¦ Synopsis
Fundamental advances in the fields of molecular biology and immunology have facilitated investigation of the autoimmune blistering disorders. Recently, the use of human autoantibodies has helped to identify biologically important adhesion molecules of the skin, and the pathogenic mechanisms involved in bullous skin diseases are now being precisely defined.
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