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Blistering Diseases

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Dermatology

Abstract

This group of primarily chronic diseases have blisters as their primary clinical feature. The site of action may be within the epidermis, at the epidermal-dermal junction or in the very uppermost dermis. In some instances, the disorders are congenital with abnormal structural proteins. In other instances, they are acquired and described as autoimmune because they feature antibodies against structural components of the epidermis and epidermal-dermal junction. Still other blistering diseases have other mechanisms, such as the porphyrias (Chap. 44), or are entirely mysterious as is the case for bullous disease of diabetes (Chap. 48).

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    Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.mult. Otto Braun-Falco (Emeritus Professor and Chairman), Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Plewig (Professor and Chairman) & Walter H. C. Burgdorf M.D. (Clinical Lecturer)

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Braun-Falco, O., Plewig, G., Wolff, H.H., Burgdorf, W.H.C. (2000). Blistering Diseases. In: Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97931-6_15

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