rida
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What are the key features in diagnosing pemphigus vulgaris?
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| Bela
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-Ashkenazi jews
-Antiepithelial Ab (IgG)
-Antibody is actually against transmemb CADHERIN :arrow: acantholysis.
-Starts in mouth or genital tracts
-Blisters r painful and when erupt, they leave a raw base.
How about pemphigoid? What is characteristic in it?
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| mdwannabe
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that wold ME, with big ulcers in my mouth, cuz I talk to much, and AB to cadherin cuz I don adhere to most rules. :-)
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| rida
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Yes Bela exactly, the key words to look for in a question, oral ulcers and epidermis easily rubs off!!!!
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| rida
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Bullous pemphigoid is blistering due to disorder of the dermis epidermis junction. May see igG against Ag in stratus lucida.
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