Autoimmune bullous diseases associations.

University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine,University of Zagreb, Croatia. suzana.ljubojevic@zg.t-com.hr

Clinics in dermatology 2012 Jan-Feb

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The presence of one autoimmune disorder helps lead to the discovery of other autoimmune conditions. It is thought that diseases in which autoimmunity is a feature tend to be associated together more often than one can ascribe to chance. A variety of diseases have been implicated in the onset of intraepidermal and subepidermal autoimmune diseases. The presence of one autoimmune disease should alert the physician to watch for a second immunologic disorder. A list of autoimmune bullous diseases associations includes autoimmune bullous diseases, pemphigus, pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, dermatitis herpetiformis (Duhring), linear immunoglobulin A disease, and multiple autoimmune syndrome. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.