title: Childhood cicatricial pemphigoid with exclusive gingival involvement.
abstract: A case of cicatricial pemphigoid in a 13-year-old boy presenting in the form of desquamative gingivitis is described. There are only 7 documented cases of childhood cicatricial pemphigoid reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Dental School, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sklavounou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laskaris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology*