Bullous pemphigoid in a 3-month-old infant: case report and literature review of this dermatosis in childhood

• Main Authors: Eugenio Galdino de Mendonça Reis-Filho (Author), Tainah de Almeida Silva (Author), Luiza Helena de Lima Aguirre (Author), Carmelia Matos Santiago Reis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering dermatosis that is uncommon in childhood. We report a case of a female infant, 3 months old, which presented clinical and laboratory data for the confirmatory diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid. The authors used immunohistochemical staining fo...