Bullous pemphigoid in a man and his nephew.
During the course of a review of our patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP), we found that one of our patients had a nephew with the disease. This report presents the cases and suggests that genetic factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of BP. To our knowledge, the occurrence of BP among relatives has not been recorded in the literature.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000235:genetics*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000235:genetics*