Autoimmune vesiculobullous skin diseases are a common occurrence in dermatology practice and do have gender differences. While most dermal antigens and autoantibodies in these diseases have been ...

An autoimmune blistering disease of the mucous membranes and skin, pemphigus vulgaris (PV) derives its name from the Greek word, pemphix, for blister. 1 PV is characteristically seen in older patients ...

The ambiguous and contradictory data published on a number of the vesiculobullous autoimmune diseases is due to a number of reasons, including: the rarity of certain diseases; changing criteria for ...

For centuries, bullous pemphigoid (BP) was grouped with and considered a condition similar to pemphigus vulgaris (PV). In 1953, however, Lever recognized BP as a disorder distinct from PV. 9 BP, the ...