Patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid need multidisciplinary monitoring

  • Hanan Rashid

    Press/Media: Expert CommentProfessional

    Period18-Jul-2022

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    • TitlePatients with mucous membrane pemphigoid need multidisciplinary monitoring
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletHealio
      Media typeWeb
      Date18/07/2022
      Description“Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) comprises a group of heterogeneous, autoimmune blistering diseases, with predominant mucosal involvement, characterized by autoantibodies directed against structural proteins — including bullous pemphigoid (BP) 180, BP230, laminin-332, type VII collagen and alpha6 and B4 integrin subunits — in the epidermal basement membrane zone,” Hanan Rashid, MD, of the department of dermatology at the Center of Blistering Diseases and the department of pathology at the University of Groningen, both in Groningen, the Netherlands, and colleagues wrote.
      Producer/AuthorRebecca L. Forand
      URLhttps://www.healio.com/news/dermatology/20220718/patients-with-mucous-membrane-pemphigoid-need-multidisciplinary-monitoring
      PersonsHanan Rashid