The importance of direct immunofluorescence in pemphigus herpetiformis diagnosis

• Main Authors: Paula Carolina Pessanha de Faria (Author), Camila Caberlon Cruz (Author), Luna Azulay Abulafia (Author), Juan Manuel Pineiro Maceira (Author), Flávia de Freire Cassia (Author), Paula Mota Medeiros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Pemphigus herpetiformis is an autoimmune bullous disease, that combines clinical features of dermatitis herpetiformis and linear IgA bullous dermatosis and immunological characteristics of pemphigus, which makes this disease peculiar and this diagnosis rarely suspected in the first evaluati...