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Abstract
Rare, chronic, papulo-vesicular disease characterized by an intensely pruritic eruption consisting of various combinations of symmetrical, erythematous, papular, vesicular, or bullous lesions. The disease is strongly associated with the presence of HLA-B8 and HLA-DR3 antigens. A variety of different autoantibodies has been detected in small numbers in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.
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- Duhring Disease
- Duhring's Disease
- Disease, Duhring
- Disease, Duhring's
- Duhrings Disease
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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a bullous skin dis: nothing to do with herpes
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dermatitis Herpetiformis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003874. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003874
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatitis_herpetiformis
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1151507