Pemphigoid - diagnosis and treatment. Polish Dermatological Society Consensus

• Main Authors: Katarzyna Woźniak (Author), Marian Dmochowski (Author), Waldemar Placek (Author), Elżbieta Waszczykowska (Author), Agnieszka Żebrowska (Author), Roman Nowicki (Author), Iwona Flisiak (Author), Rafał Czajkowski (Author), Jacek Szepietowski (Author), Joanna Maj (Author), Andrzej Kaszuba (Author), Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło (Author), Cezary Kowalewski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Termedia Publishing House, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease affecting elderly people, more than 65 years old. Patients aged over 80 are the main group of interest. The incidence of BP has been significantly increasing for the last 15 years in the whole of Europe. The diagnosis of BP is...