Direct immunofluorescence on a sample of perilesional skin will show linear deposits of IgG on the basement membrane of the epidermis in most if not all patients (Bolognia et al., 2008 ...

clinicians should have a low threshold for testing patients with pretibial bullae or erosions to rule out bullous pemphigoid (skin biopsy with direct immunofluorescence and serologies for BP180 ...

Direct immunofluorescence showed linear deposition of immunoglobulin G (IgG, faint deposits) and complement component 3 (C3, intense deposits) along the basement membrane zone leading to the diagnosis ...

Among the 188 patients with extensive bullous pemphigoid, topical corticosteroids were superior to oral prednisone (P=0.02). The one-year survival rate was 76 percent in the topical-corticosteroid ...

Patients with bullous pemphigoid experienced increases ... Diagnosis consisted of pathological findings using direct immunofluorescence, typical clinical presentation or anti-basement membrane ...

Direct immunofluorescence of the biopsy specimen showed a linear deposition of IgG on the basement membrane. These findings were consistent with a diagnosis of cicatricial pemphigoid. On indirect ...

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11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi today announced that a Dupixent ® (dupilumab) pivotal trial (ADEPT) in bullous pemphigoid (BP) met the ...