title: Dermatitis herpetiformis and bullous pemphigoid: a developing association confirmed by immunoelectronmicroscopy.
abstract: We report a case of dermatitis herpetiformis associated with bullous pemphigoid in which the clinical, histopathological and immunopathological findings were corroborated by direct immunoelectronmicroscopy performed on normal and peri-lesional skin biopsies. Western immunoblotting detected the 180 kDa BPAG2 consistent with bullous pemphigoid. HLA-typing confirmed the DR3 DQ2 haplotype associated with dermatitis herpetiformis.
authors.affiliation: St John's Institute of Dermatology (UMDS), St Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Setterfield
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bhogal
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: McGibbon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology