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Recognition of Epidermal Transglutaminase by IgA and Tissue Transglutaminase 2 Antibodies in a Rare Case of Rhesus Dermatitis
Published on: December 15, 2011
Immune-mediated interface dermatitis in a rhesus macaque
1Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA 01772, USA. Leah_Makaron@hms.harvard.edu
Journal of Medical Primatology
|August 14, 2012
Abstract
Background:
Autoimmune dermatitis, specifically interface dermatitis, is rarely reported in nonhuman primates.
Results And Conclusions:
This report describes a case of idiopathic immune-mediated dermatitis clinically manifesting as palmoplantar hyperkeratosis in a rhesus macaque, successfully controlled with the use of long-term oral corticosteroid therapy.
