Pathophysiology of dermatitis herpetiformis: a model for cutaneous manifestations of gastrointestinal inflammation.

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an autoimmune blistering skin disease in which antigen presentation in the gastrointestinal mucosa results in cutaneous IgA deposition and distinct, neutrophil-driven cutaneous lesions. Our findings suggest that the qualitatively different immune response to gluten i...

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Publicado en:Dermatologic Clinics Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 469 - 478
Autores principales: Cardones AR, Hall RP 3rd
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: W B Saunders 2011 Jul
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