Pathophysiology of autoimmune bullous diseases: Nature versus nurture

• Main Authors: Forum Patel (Author), Reason Wilken (Author), Falin B Patel (Author), Hawa Sultani (Author), Itzel Bustos (Author), Christopher Duong (Author), John J Zone (Author), Siba P Raychaudhuri (Author), Emanual Maverakis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pemphigus and pemphigoid are the prototypical immunobullous diseases. Although it has been well established that they are caused by deposition of autoreactive antibodies directed against adherence proteins within the skin, the specific genetic and environmental factors leading to development of thes...