Open AccessA case of bullous pemphigoid showing antigenic competition‐like phenomenon
Author(s) -
Fukuda Masahiro,
Nobeyama Yoshimasa,
Sekiyama Hiroko,
Asahina Akihiko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2981
Subject(s) - bullous pemphigoid , medicine , dermatology , phenomenon , antigen , pemphigoid , immunology , antibody , epistemology , philosophy
Antigenic competition in the skin is a phenomenon in which the current dermatitis is distributed away from the area of previously existing dermatitis. Bullous pemphigoid may present such phenomenon, even if the responsible antigen was the same.