title: Autoimmune bullous diseases associations.
abstract: The presence of one autoimmune disorder helps lead to the discovery of other autoimmune conditions. It is thought that diseases in which autoimmunity is a feature tend to be associated together more often than one can ascribe to chance. A variety of diseases have been implicated in the onset of intraepidermal and subepidermal autoimmune diseases. The presence of one autoimmune disease should alert the physician to watch for a second immunologic disorder. A list of autoimmune bullous diseases associations includes autoimmune bullous diseases, pemphigus, pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, dermatitis herpetiformis (Duhring), linear immunoglobulin A disease, and multiple autoimmune syndrome.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine,University of Zagreb, Croatia. suzana.ljubojevic@zg.t-com.hr
authors.forename: Suzana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ljubojevic
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipozenčić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D020405:Dermis / Q000276:immunology; D004817:Epidermis / Q000276:immunology; D016107:Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens