Autoimmune bullous diseases : text and review

Autoimmune bullous diseases : text and review / Barbara Horváth, editor.

This extensively revised new edition provides a quick study and reference guide for physicians who treat patients with autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs), the most life-threatening inflammatory diseases of the skin. AIBDs are rare, comprising less than 1% of the dermatological patients and as such,...

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Other Authors: Horváth, Barbara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Blisters.
Autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmune diseases
Blisters
Malalties de la pell.
Malalties autoimmunitàries.
Electronic books.
Llibres electrònics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Basic Principles of the Immune System and Autoimmunity
  • Dermatological examination of bullous diseases
  • How to take a biopsy
  • Direct Immunofluorescence Microscopy
  • Indirect Immunofluorescence Microscopy
  • Immuno-assays
  • Structure of Desmosomes
  • Pemphigus vulgaris
  • Pemphigus foliaceus
  • Paraneoplastic pemphigus
  • IgA Pemphigus
  • Drug-induced pemphigus
  • Structure of hemidesmosomes and the epidermal basement membrane zone
  • Pemphigoid Diseases Affecting the Skin
  • Mucous membrane pemphigoid
  • Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
  • Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Linear IgA bullous dermatosis
  • Drug-induced Pemphigoid and Linear IgA Disease
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis
  • Stevens Johnson syndrome / toxic epidermal necrolysis and erythema exsudativum multiforme
  • Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and Pseudoporphyria
  • Bullous dermatitis artefacta
  • Autoimmune bullous diseases in childhood
  • Wound care in autoimmune bullous diseases
  • Appendix: Patient support groups and international centers for AIBD.

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