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Bullous pemphigoid
1Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio.
Dermatologic Clinics
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Bullous pemphigoid is an acquired subepidermal blistering disease of the elderly characterized by tense blisters. Patients with bullous pemphigoid have circulating and tissue-bound antibodies that are directed against a normal component of the epidermal basement membrane. The course of bullous pemphigoid tends to be self-limited, and effective treatment is often affected with systemic glucocorticosteroids.