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BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID IN CHILDHOOD: REPORT OF THREE CASES AND A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Author(s) -
PIAMPHONGSANT THADA,
CHAIKITTISILPA SIRIWAN,
KULLAVANIJAYA PREYA
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1977.tb01841.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatitis herpetiformis , dapsone , bullous pemphigoid , dermatology , pemphigoid , pathology , disease , immunology , antibody
Three proven cases of bullous pemphigoid in childhood which responded to dapsone are reported. The clinical and immunological criteria for diagnosis were similar to those in the aged. This report emphasizes that the condition is a distinctive clinical entity and entirely different from dermatitis herpetiformis and benign chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood.