bullous pemphigoid

In most cases of bullous pemphigoid, no clear precipitating factors are identified.

Bullous pemphigoid may be self-resolving in a period ranging from several months to many years even without treatment.

In some rare cases of Bullous Pemphigoid, complications such as pneumonia may develop.

It is absent in bullous pemphigoid, making it useful for differential diagnosis.

Bullous pemphigoid: a skin disease that causes large, tightly-filled blisters to develop, usually affecting people over the age of 60.

Important It is possible that the main title of the report Bullous Pemphigoid is not the name you expected.

Other autoimmune diseases include bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.

Eosinophils tend to be found within the blisters and provide an important clue supporting bullous pemphigoid as the diagnosis.

Niacinamide is used for treating diabetes and two skin conditions called bullous pemphigoid and granuloma annulare.

Bullous pemphigoid causes less severe eruptions that heal faster and are not life-threatening; this condition is seen chiefly in the elderly.

Neutrophil elastase is responsible for the blistering in bullous pemphigoid, a skin condition, in the presence of antibodies.

The epitheliotropic form must be differentiated from similar appearing conditions such as pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid, and lupus erythematosus.

Mast cells are implicated in the pathology associated with the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis, bullous pemphigoid, and multiple sclerosis.

This is a contrasting feature from bullous pemphigoid, where the detachment occurs between the epidermis and dermis (subepidermal bullae).

Urticarial dermatoses are distinct from urticaria, which examples being drug-induced urticaria, eosinophilic cellulitis and bullous pemphigoid.

This field specializes in the treatment of immune-mediated skin diseases such as lupus, bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris, and other immune-mediated skin disorders.

Along with other NSAIDs, ibuprofen has been associated with the onset of bullous pemphigoid or pemphigoid-like blistering.

Onset of bullous pemphigoid has also been associated with certain drugs, including furosemide, ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, captopril, penicillamine, and antibiotics.

It is useful in differentiating between pemphigus vulgaris (where it is present) and bullous pemphigoid (where it is absent).

Vulvar childhood pemphigoid is a cutaneous condition, a childhood form of bullous pemphigoid, peculiar variant with involvement of the genital area and perineum.

Vesicular pemphigoid is a cutaneous condition, a clinical variant of bullous pemphigoid, characterized by a dermatitis herpetiformis-like presentation with grouped small tense blisters.

On January 31, 2013, Flaherty confirmed in The Globe and Mail, that he had the rare skin condition, bullous pemphigoid, for which he had taken prednisone.

Pemphigoid nodularis is a cutaneous condition that is a variant of bullous pemphigoid that has skin lesions mimicking prurigo nodularis.

Animal models of bullous pemphigoid have been developed using transgenic techniques to produce mice lacking the genes for the two known autoantigens, dystonin and collagen XVII.

Bullous pemphigoid is an acute or chronic autoimmune skin disease, involving the formation of blisters, more appropriately known as bullae, at the space between the skin layers epidermis and dermis.