title: Bullous pemphigoid in children. Report of three cases with special emphasis on therapy.
abstract: Three children aged 4 months, 7 years, and 12 years, had bullous pemphigoid (BP). Two children suffered from disseminated BP and one (12 years) from vulvar localized BP. This last form has been described only once before in a girl. The various forms of pemphigoid in childhood are rare and reported in only about 40 instances. Bullous pemphigoid in childhood does not differ clearly from the adult counterpart, although lesions of the mucous membranes seem more common in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt/Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Oranje
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Vuzevski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Joost
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: ten Kate
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Naafs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D009536:Niacinamide; D004917:Erythromycin; D011241:Prednisone