TY - JOUR
T1 - Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans with circulating autoantibodies to bullous pemphigoid antigen 230
AU - Ahn, Bong Kyun
AU - Kim, Soo Chan
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - We describe a woman from Korea with pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans associated with ulcerative colitis. On immunofluorescence examination, she demonstrated in vivo bound and circulating IgG antibasement membrane zone antibodies. The immunoelectron microscopy and immunoblot analysis showed that the antibodies reacted with the bullous pemphigoid antigen 230. We consider that the circulating autoantibodies to the bullous pemphigoid antigen 230 in this patient were an epiphenomenon, resulting from epidermal damage induced by inflammation of pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans.
AB - We describe a woman from Korea with pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans associated with ulcerative colitis. On immunofluorescence examination, she demonstrated in vivo bound and circulating IgG antibasement membrane zone antibodies. The immunoelectron microscopy and immunoblot analysis showed that the antibodies reacted with the bullous pemphigoid antigen 230. We consider that the circulating autoantibodies to the bullous pemphigoid antigen 230 in this patient were an epiphenomenon, resulting from epidermal damage induced by inflammation of pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.09.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 15097967
AN - SCOPUS:2342584175
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 50
SP - 785
EP - 788
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -