title: How to do conjunctival and buccal biopsies to investigate cicatrising conjunctivitis: improving the diagnosis of ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid.
authors: Cornea and External Disease Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors: Arturo E
authors: AE
authors: Grau
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Setterfield
authors: Valerie P J
authors: VP
authors: Saw
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001485:Basement Membrane; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011239:Prednisolone; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid